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thanks guys, big help! this site is great and so is everyone on it.

ok thanks, looks like I have some more work to do.

I am about to bottle my pear cider using carbonation drops, my question is that on the package it calls for 1 drop per a 12 oz. bottle. My bottles are 15.2 oz. will one drop be enough?

I m making a pear cider and using reused 15.2 oz. Grolsch beer bottles I received off my brother in-law. The bottles are green and have a flip top. When he gave them to me they had mold inn the bottom of the bottles I guess from left over beer residue and from sitting for a few weeks. I filled...

I m making a pear cider and using reused 15.2 oz. Grolsch beer bottles I received off my brother in-law. The bottles are green and have a flip top. When he gave them to me they had mold inn the bottom of the bottles I guess from left over beer residue and from sitting for a few weeks. I filled...

ok sounds good ill check once again tomorrow. Took a sip to test it and it was gooood!!

I am brewing a brewers best double IPA and tomorrow will be 3 weeks in the primary. I don't intend to do a secondary. I took a FG reading and it read 1.018 and according to the instructions it should be between 1.015-1.019 so I'm in the range of FG. I really want to bottle tomorrow as I am off...

OK sounds good thanks guys. You can see on the carboy where I marked the 5 gallon level with a black sharpie. I will hook up an overflow tube now. When it was all floating about in the brew bucket and I added the water it was filled right to that line but now that it settled it had me concerned.

Today I made my 3rd batch of beer using a brewers best kit. It is a Double IPA. I followed the directions to the T, except when it said to avoid the transfer of the heavy sediment from the bottom of the brew pot to the fermenter. Now I did try to avoid the transfer put the strainer would get so...

Ill keep ya both up to date. Today we added our other ingredients and mixed very well to degas. I might make a degasser attachment for my drill next time to make that process smoother. It will now sit for another 14 days or so then bottling time, which we still need about 15 more bottles, told...

pumpkinman2012 and TasunkaWitko thank you for the kind words, yes I was in the Marines for a few years and then got out to be with my family more often, man do I miss it at times lol been out since 2002. Tomorrow will be about a week and a half in the secondary and time to take a test reading of...

I don't know what type of yeast we used because I tossed the package. I now have moved my fermenter to our small laundry room and put my electric space heater in with it. The space heater heats up the small room fast then I turn off the heat for a little so the temperature of the wine will raise...

So what would be the extreme low temp you are talking about? The directions say keep between 72-75 degrees.

Ok thank you for the information I will bump up my heater some and try to collect more dark bottles.

My wife and I have started to make our own beer and have had great successes, now we are getting into wine. I have a couple questions, first does it make any difference on what color glass bottles I use, we are making a red wine and I have collected clear bottles and dark bottles. Second I'm...

5 out of the 40 are the swing tops, I have them in my laundry room for now not to sure what the temp is, I need to get a room thermometer today.

I did an IPA from Brewers Best. I Had about two glasses left that would not flow through the tube so I just dumped into a glass and I am drinking them now, flat but good lol, chilled them in the freezer first so at least they are cold.

Thanks for the quick replies I was worried, I will keep and eye on them.

I just bottled my first ever batch and just realized now that I made a mistake. I used the 5oz. priming sugar packet my kit came with recommended for 5 gallon batches, but my brew was only about 4 gallons am I going to have bottle bombs? What should I do? They have been in bottles about 30...

Yeah i think i will bottle today or tomorrow