Just curious about other homebrewer's hobbies and professions. Think it's interesting to see how how brew spans all different types of people and personality types. Forgive me if this has been done. Ill start.
For work I'm a journeyman plumber and a foreman for a large plumbing firm. I also am...
I have a benelli supernova 12 gauge pump, marlin model 60 .22, browning x bolt 30-06, smith and Wesson 44 mag revolver, smith and Wesson m&p 9mm and just got a 1964 12 gauge browning auto 5.
Big day. Bought Blichmann beer gun and adapter kit. Bottles 5 gallons of apfelwine. Half sweet and half dry. Kegged pumpkin ale. Started a yeast starter for 3068 for my old lady's hef. Washed 60 bottles. Started to build garden sprayer keg
Line cleaner. Boom.
Awesome thanks. Last two things. I know it's all subject to ones own taste but is there a good start point for how much Splenda to a 5 gallon. This ties into oxidation. I'm thinking if I stir it in then keep adding to taste and keep stiring it will oxidize it. Is that a concern with apfelwine...
But it does require pasteurization even if using something like Splenda? I might just not sweeten if that's the case and just prime and bottle as I have enough bottling/Kevin/brewing to do I don't need another step at the moment
I've had my first batch in primary for almost 10 weeks. Went into bucket July 31st. Guess its time to bottle soon eh? Would like to sweeten it a bit but have no access locally to lactose and this thread is so long I don't have the patience to read through it to find another way. I think I'll...