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8 oz of wheat??? That seems strange, what do you mean by this?

Methanol is present in beer, to a very small degree. When you distill the "beer" in making whiskey, you are concentrating the alcohols and removing a large fraction of water. http://www.uvm.edu/~dmatthew/Beer-Green_Mt_ACS.pdf - Methanol is addressed starting on Slide 12 Plus, methanol is not...

Fermentation will be done when it's done, why would you want to stop it before it is complete? I agree that this sounds like an interesting fermentation, but I would still let it complete on it's own schedule. Beer will be done when the microbes are finished fermenting, not when the software...

Have you thought about stand-up pouches? - https://astrapouch-na.com/products/starter-kits/

So, despite all of the advice to let it sit, you chose to dump it??? Things can taste terrible/look during active fermentation. Never make a final judgement while fermentation is ongoing, and from your photos and descriptions (cloudy)... fermentation was ongoing.

Airlock activity should not be used as the sole indicator of fermentation activity. It is a qualitative "eyeball" check only. I have a few fermentation buckets that do not have a complete seal and do not provide much airlock activity at all (only during the height of fermentation). Level of...

Check out these: http://www.tpswinegrapes.com/default.aspx?pageId=1 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/nyregion/wine-grapes-brooklyn-plantology.html https://winegrapesdirect.com/

Sell them on eBay. You can get 85% for them, there. Just have to account for shipping and eBay fees when you set your price to ensure you get the percent return you'd like.

Compared to beer, cider typically requires more patience. It's a simple process... juice from apples (often called "the must"), yeast, and (maybe) some nutrients for the yeast. Then, it requires time. For my process, the usually involves one month in the primary fermenter, followed by another...

Temperature change? An increase in temperature will cause the gas inside the fermenter to expand and displace the volume in the airlock. Plus, as it warms, CO2 will come out of solution and further displace water in the airlock.

Are those just repackaged horehounds?

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/bottle-fillers.669321/#post-8662390 You lose about 0.4 oz in a 12-oz bottle using the SS wand vs. plastic wand. I switched back to plastic because of that. You can disassemble the plastic ones for disinfection, too.

I think the trend towards 16 oz cans is driven by two things: 1) Less expensive packaging for the brewery, and 2) the idea that the consumer gets a full pint in the can. If I have the 16 oz cans, I never drink directly from the can. I'll pour it into a glass. And, there's nothing quite so...

Don't use a refractometer for gravity measurements once fermentation is underway. The presence of alcohol causes artificially high readings. The refractometer assumes you have water and sugar as the sole actors on the refractive index of the solution. The alcohol throws off the refractive...

Is no one concerned that the wort was not heated to pasteurization temperatures, let alone boiled to sanitize? To me, that is a concern. Which chemicals, specifically, did you use to clean and sanitize? This Krausen Kollar, seems to be an extraneous piece of equipment that is really not...

No, the oxide layer remains. My pot never looks brighter after the boil. It usually takes a very aggressive solvent to dissolve alumina. For instance, I have used HF to dissolve alumina in a lab setting.

Definitely read the Sticky thread, "Cider for Beginners" in this forum. A lot of the basics are in that. Best of luck.

However, with the aluminum, you do want a good layer of oxide built up before using. IT is recommended that once you clean your aluminum pot, fill it with water and boil it. That will create a darker gray layer of oxide that will help protect the kettle before boiling wort in it. Some people...

I notice you don't have any lagers listed. Maybe do that with one of the porks?

FYI - Simply Apple is pasteurized... they state it is "gently pasteurized". FDA requires a warning label on any unpasteurized juice product, and Simply Apple does not have this warning.