Search results

Welcome from a couple of hours east of you in Pa. sounds like a good start to the obsession I mean hobby.

If it’s a prehopped kit you don’t have to boil them, I used to just dump a Coopers can right into 5 gallons of cold water and use enough hot water to clean out the can and then pitch my yeast. Although a large pot will always come in handy.

When I lived in California they were all over the place! And yes it most likely found it’s way into your tap, I had to dump a few pints due to an earwig floating in it. Those things used to get into my tubing and other crevices so I always had to check before brewing, siphoning or drinking.

I’m a huge action or horror movie guy and 80’s movies are the best balance between cheesy and WooHoo! Commando is one of my favorites, good story and plenty of action. Overboard and The great outdoors are other frequents at my house, my wife loves them.

I don’t know that I would use them either but I’m going to play devil’s advocate. I don’t know about everyone else here but I’ve go 27 USED kegs in my garage, some were bought from online retailers, some from a LHBS and some I acquired though Craigslist, so my point is that I have no idea what...

Nice set up! And some great ideas, I’m in the process of setting up a garage brewery too. Have you had a chance to brew in it yet?

Congrats on what sounds like a great brewing year!

Here’s a start. https://www.kegconnection.com/3-faucet-fridge-homebrew-kegerator-kit/

I’ve had that happen too, about 7 years ago, it’s still broken. And yes a milk crate works great.

To answer your first question I don’t think anything in Homebrewing really holds it’s value. And whatever you start with I would expect you‘ll grow out of or you’ll find a different way that woks better for you as you progress. And it depends on what gear your keeping outside on your patio...

I’ve had that happen a few times myself and depending on time I’ve done a couple of things. Knowing I have more wort and knowing I have to boil Longer I’ll start my hop additions later so if I have a half gallon I need to boil off I know a half gallon is half an hour so I’ll boil for the first...

I am not a wine drinker and I have thought about it because I have friends who are and I would be nice to offer them something I made. One of my thoughts was to make a couple of wines and blend them together to make something I might drink. Maybe like a solara project and see what kind of...

Welcome from Pa!

That is super dry which is probably why it has little apple flavor. You can just add a couple of campdon tabs and after 24 hours you can backsweeten with either more juice or frozen concentrate. I will typically ferment 4 gallons of juice, add a cup or 2 of sugar and after fermentation add a...

Wow! That alone is 2 thousand more posts than I have, I guess I should have been posting more here early on.

And look at you now! All grown up and following the rules! (Well most of them anyway 😁)

Wow usually you come across all those crazy posts and posters in some sort of necro thread, I remember some of those crazy threads and @bracconiere i remember that crappy thread. That was quite a walk down memory lane.

I have made a couple of batches of skeeter pee now and the last batch I just used like 2 cups of lemon juice and added the rest before kegging and it’s quite bitter, if you like ta hat then try it but I’ll be going back to adding a whole bottle of juice at the beginning of fermentation. And I...

I’m not electric but I have found doing all the prep work a night or 2 before makes a huge difference on brew day. Glad it went well for you.

@bracconiere is the king of small talk! And he is also a wealth of knowledge once you get him going. @JesterMage you’ll get lots of good conversations here, welcome to the obsession.