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I recently uncovered 12 of these in a box that I thought was empty bottles :) brewed 6/16! What a great surprise! It only gets better.

Has anyone used the fake maple syrup from the cereal isle, isn't it just sugar + maple flavoring? The sugar would ferment out and just leave the maple flavor right?

I gave it a good swirl and things have picked up nicely. Actual bubbles passing through the airlock, it barely did that before. Looks good. Thanks, A.

It's been around 70 for most of the time, most likely not ever below 67. When I've taken samples off the top, there is definitely yeast floating on top, looks and smells like it anyway.

Long time homebrewer, first time making cider here. My dad called me up and asked if I would help him press his apples... No problem, came home with 5 gallons of fresh pressed cider in an assortment of jugs and old water bottles... Dumped it all in my fermenter, added 2 lbs of corn sugar...

Just brewed this one last week, I've been obsessing over this recipe for about a month or longer, read through the entire thread! Of course the June Seattle heat wave had to coincide exactly with my brewing schedule, temps in the 90's, I was worried about fermentation temps. Couldn't...

Yeah, they are bottled conditioned. Hmm, o.k. Well seems like this is my unique problem. Thats what I needed to know. Thanks for the replies, I appreciate it.

For the price thermapen should be a bit more bombproof. I'm on my second one and probably won't ever buy another one. Not nearly waterproof... big fail on their part. Also I'm beginning to despise any electronic device that uses ridiculously expensive button type batteries. Anyway, my...

Often over the holidays I take my bottled brews over to friends and family. Usually right after I get there we crack a few, then the resulting foam begins :( I'm guessing the time in the car (usually less than 20 min) agitates it too much. Does anyone have a trick to get around this problem...

I'm not sure any mercury was actually spilled. The thermometer is under a vacuum so when it broke in half it sucked in water to the side with the bulb of mercury on it. The hole inside the thermometer is microscopic, a hair wouldn't even fit in it. I'm taking the remains of the thermometer to...

Thanks guys, I figured I'm done. it's a high precision lab thermometer. STUPID STUPID STUPID!

I was just stirring my mash and snapped a high precision mercury filled thermometer in half inside my mash. Am I done? or can it be salvaged ? It looks like the mercury is still in the bottom half of the thermometer. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Well I went ahead and opened them up and added a bit of yeast to each one... Been almost three weeks... Nothing, no carbonation. Poured it down the drain today. Some of them developed a haze, probably infected. Oh well, time to move on. Learned a good lesson. To not be a lazy bastard and...

I guess I'll give adding yeast a try. I'll go with the YooperBrew method. Thanks for all the input.

I brewed my beer earlier this winter, fermentation was fine. I just got too bogged down with other stuff to do and it sat in primary in my sometimes 25-40 degree garage for two months after fermentation was complete. I finally decided to bottle. I used coopers tabs for priming (same as prior...