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Anyone have a lead on where to get a black chest freezer? I can't seem to find either the Igloo FRF795 (OP's freezer), or the Igloo FRF705 (mentioned later in the thread) anywhere, even online. It's like it was a magical freezer produced exclusively for Walmart's Black Friday 2014 sale...

I'll preference this by saying I'm new to mead making, but here goes. Potassium sorbate is used to stabilize and prevent future fermentation. It's not guaranteed, but pretty reliable if used correctly. Potassium metabisulfate (Campden) is used to prevent oxidation and infection. In my...

I figured I may have to stabilize and backsweeten. Thanks for confirming that. Another question: Is there any simple method for determing how much honey to use for backsweetening other than adding in increments and checking gravity? I've seen people state that honey can vary widely in ppg...

I'm getting ready to make my first mead and I wanted to get some of your opinions on my plan. I want to make a still, sweet mead with orange blossom honey. 12 lbs. orange blossom honey, raw WLP 720 Sweet Mead Yeast Carlson Yeast Nutrient and Yeast Energizer Make a 1L starter with 1 cup...

You definitely have a serious third degree burn. Here is a chart the shows water temperature vs exposure time for second and third degree burns. It only takes 5 seconds of exposure to cause a third degree burn from 140F water...you spilled 200+F water. A third degree burn is a serious injury...

Ahh, we don't have Bud Light in 30 racks here, only 24. Only things that come in 30 racks are things I don't want to drink.

A 24 pack of Bud Light is $22?! Whoah! I can get a 24 pack of Leinenkugels Summer Shandy bottle for $22 from Costco. A 24 pack sampler of Sam Adam's seasonal goes for $24 at Costco.

I live about 30 minutes from the Adventures in Homebrewing store, they run homebrewing.org. Great website, store, and group of people.

I consider recipes to be one of three types: Extract - No mashing used. Might be steeping. Uses malt extract. Partial Mash - Some mashing, but not the full grain bill. Uses some malt extract. All Grain - Full grain bill mashing. When I stated mashing wasn't used in extract, I was...

Not sure what you mean by looking up boil temps. A boil is a boil. In distilled water at normal atmospheric conditions it occurs at 212F. Wort will boil at a certain temp, and it depends on gravity and atmospheric conditions what that temp is. In any case, a boil is a boil when it's begins to...

Curious to see what others say about this. It seems like a stange order to add things in and a short to nonexistent boil. Interesting.

30 packs of what? I can get a 30 pack of Hamm's for about $11.99 in Metro Detroit. A 30 pack of Natty Light is about $12.99 or $13.99. A 24 pack of Bud/Bud Light/Coors is about $14.99, maybe $13.99 on sale.

Part of why Founder's prices are going up is likely due to their expansion. They have drasctically increased their brewing capacity. They just spent $26 million on upgrades, $22 million of that directly into brewing equipment. They took their brewing capacity of about 40,000 barrels in 2011...

Just apple juice? Not actual apple cider? To the OP: I just started myself and am researching all I can. I've found Brewtoad to be a nice site that has people's recipes. You can browse all different recipes and get a feel for what others enjoy and what ingredients go into different styles...

I'll go back and check their calculator. I've played with it before, but I haven't used it for this recipe.

So I brewed my first batch of beer on 1 Sept. 2013. It was a 'Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Ale' from Adventures in Homebrewing. It is currently in the secondary as we couldn't find the Whirlfloc tablet when we got home. So it's settling for another week and a half or so prior to bottling. I'm...