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Any thoughts of running a pump either before or after a filter?

I've read a good number of threads about filtration recently which intrigued me. However, would it be possible to use a filtration housing with filters, but not push it through with co2? I was hoping there might be a way to put it in between an autosiphon and a bottling bucket or bottling wand...

I completely understand the aging, in fact, I'm gonna let it age in the bottles. Do you think 4 weeks at 72ish is enough to completely ferment out? I was planning on bottling it, and letting the bottles age instead of racking into a secondary. Is this a bad idea? I figured racking into a...

I'm coming up on bottling my first batch of this in about a week and a half. That will make 4 weeks since pitching, the whole time staying in the primary. This should be enough time for the yeast to finish out I hope. It was montrachet yeast, no og taken but followed original recipe exact...

I'm gonna have a primary free the first weekend in July. I've been thinking of a lot of recipes I want to try, but I figured I might want to try something that can be available for the holidays. Ferment early July, bottle August sometime, age till Nov./Dec... I just had some thoughts running...

I finally got around to opening my auto siphon and bottling wand the other night. Now, my lhbs mentioned I shouldn't need any of the extra tubing they have there since the wand was made for the auto siphon (I figured they'd know better than I would at least). Of course, being excited at the...

I understand the ease of the autosiphon. Currently have 1. I was trying to do something different and to have a sort of cool effect. Maybe sometime after the necessary stuff is made easier.

I'm intrigued at all these projects everyone does, so my brain started thinking. However, I felt like I should put this down in a thread to gain some insight. Little steps first, so I'm looking at an easier way to transfer from a carboy into a bottling bucket (but including the sanitizing and...

Highest tab for myself alone is about 120ish at a local bar. I def. remember pre-gaming before, but after, no clue... One of my stories here: Had a bunch of buddies over at my place for a local concert in town. Started drinking at like 12pm and concert was at like 8ish. Had like 5 buddies and...

Well as a first timer, made my first 5 gals last night, and it's starting to ferment already. Saw some bubbles on my airlock already, nothing fast yet. I don't like running my ac real low, and since I'm on a 1 story home, I put the carboy in my closest. Ambient temps hover around 73ish in there...

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Did my very first 5 gallon batch tonight, followed original recipe exact and hope it works right... wifey (swmbo? What's this stand for) is excited for saving money as I can go through a case a weekend... now to play the waiting game :)

No. I don't have a hydrometer (?) yet. I figured this might've been what the idea was getting at. Glad to have a confirmation of it. The 2 jugs I've set up have been bubbling/fermenting along fine now, going into today as the 3rd day. I think with the help/info you guys provided her for me...

So I found some (a couple) supplies at a local distrib in town. I saw a 1gal and 5gal carboy + better bottle, corks/caps, pails, and an auto siphon. I guess it's all the basics at least, so I picked up one of the siphons. Now, I'm an experimenter, so this first experiment I did tonight will...

I probably should've clarified what I meant by getting it. The readings, not that it matters to me for these attempts at the moment. I come from a bread baking background, where I always activated my yeast with warm water and sugar set aside for about 15-20 minutes. 7 days? I thought that once...

FYI: This is not a discussion/thread about making "hooch". Before I look at spending the money on a "kit" or supplies in general, I was thinking on doing 2 expirements. One will be with frozen canned juice, the other with smaller fruit like rasberry/blueberry/etc. The concept probably just...