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Boys, help me...does pastuerization help clear cider? The bottle on the left is noticeably more clear than the bottle on the right. Although the picture does it no justice. This is my first time pasturizing cider, normally I just keep it cold. But I needed these stabilized for a camping...

Intoxicated and cranky..... My keg decided tonight was a good night to explode from the tap connects and the co2 connect. Spraying me with apple cider. Sooooo I'm in the garage screaming and getting soaked in cider. To which my husband comes out and laughs. My rebuttal was to throw my shoe...

I can't find it in my town. Anyone willing to ship to a nerdy brew chick in California? We can negotiate a trade, I have some bottled home brews or I can find some west coasts beers for you. 805 is our popular local coastal beer. Thanks in advance guys!

I drilled a hole for my rubber stopper and it's too damn big. I don't have a lhbs and I already checked lowes, home depot, and Michael's for stoppers, no dice. Soooo what can I do until my new lid arrives? Right now I have it pretty jimmy rigged. The stopper is in there, but the seal Isn't...

Hey guys! I am getting ready to keg cider and I normally just cold crash and keep in the fridge attached to the taps. So I never worry about yeast, but now I have a keg that is going to a camping event with me and I figure now is as good a time as ever to learn about Potassium Sorbate. So I'm...

Damn I've been gone too long! I am back to brewing, getting ready to make some ciders right now. :) Good to be back and hope to get some good info from all you guys! **back to searching for brewers yeast in my town**

I've missed you guys! Life decided to take a sharp turn down a very nasty road for me and my family and I had to set all extracurriculars down for a while. I hope some of the guys I used to talk to are still on here... And here's to hoping I can set up another beer exchange soon. Things are back...

**long time no chat guys.... my 17 month old son was very very ill** Anywho.. I've got 3lbs of Munich, 5lbs of Caramel 60, and of course the bottomless pit of of US 2 row. Tettnang, Tettnanger, Saaz, Centennial, and Cascade in the freezer, and a plethora of yeastie beasties in the fridge...

Hey guys... I'd like to know some alternatives for flaked rice and flaked corn... please. I don't want a stuck mash and I am thinking about brewing BM's cream of three crops cream ale today. P.S... even more dumb question, does the flaked corn and rice need to go through the grain mill?

Has anyone encountered a problem reusing Bass IPA to bottle homebrew? I thought they were the same size as all my other bottles, but it seems like the caps sit kind of crooked once you crimp them down. :\ Thank goodness I have reserves of other types... I'm concerned about the bass bottles...

Questions.... simply because after all my batches, I know I am set in my ways and I know there are others that do things differently. I'm also asking because if I am ever given the opportunity to do something I have not tried, it's nice to have an example to refer to. #1- If sanitation is...

I just wanna showcase different beers and styles on my kegerator. If you guys wanted to contribute by sending me your brewery label, or sticker, I'd gladly adorn my fridge with it. Showing support for all my fellow HBTers... :) PM me if you really wanna send me one. :) P.S. I send return...

My LHBS/ Microwbrewery makes a Crude Porter Float. Made with vanilla been ice cream and the most delicious Coffee Porter ever! I never thought beer and Ice cream would go so well together.... :) *drools* Just wanted to let you all know. :ban:

This is a round piece of wood from Home Depot. It has rounded edges and it cost me $10.97 The chalk board paint was $4.97 We already had primer to go under the chalkboard paint, and I have an endless supply of acrylic paints. Took me about 2 hours, and I primed (3 coats and a light sanding...

Check out the link below.... It's a crawfish paddle that I found at HD last night and I am planning on taking a dremel to mine and turning it into a Mash Paddle. You can't beat that price $8.97! Yes.. it's even Pine, not crap pressboard or particle board! I figure i'll get some tung oil (FDA...

I guess my Hubby wanted to reward me for having to deal with bottle bombs. So.... he bought me a new keg! YAY!!! A new Perlick tap! YAY!! A new Fermenting bucket YAY!!! New beer line, 3 keg c02 regulator, filled the old tank, turkey fryer and my own propane tank! **Cause he doesn't want me to...

I opened the beer closet today to be met with an explosion of glass. Cut my face and hands and even my son got a small scrape...:( After the shock I quickly and carefully moved the box outside and cleaned up the mess. I managed to get one and open it to find that it was fine. Opened another and...

*Wonderful rich coffee flavour is the first thing to hit your tongue. Followed by a slight hop bitterness and ends on a dark chocolate note. :) Has a yummy, fluffy light tan head. This brew has 3 additions of "Chocolate" Hence the name. 1 of the additions being a mock chocolate in the form of...

Hey guys... I'd like to give something a try.... Tell me if this seems too far fetched. I'd like to create a threat (this one perhaps) Where you post your "beer fantasy" for lack of a better term :) By beer fantasy I mean a brew that you're looking forward or dying to try. Then in the same...

I just bottled my triple chocolate stout last night and after all was said and done, I decided to harvest some yeast and keep them for my next stout. They are White Labs Irish Ale yeasties. I didn't have time to wash them properly and dispense them into jars. So I sterilized the White Labs vial...