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Trying to grt my set up runnung and i cant get my ssr to power up my heating element. It is a 240v 5500 heater throug a contactor and ssr controlledbya pid wired from one of pj's wiring diagrams and I can't figure out what is wrong. Ifi disconnect the heater from the contactoriget the240v phase...

Looking to see if there is any interest in doing this this year. Although we are still a few months away from being able to dig up rhizomes here in the north east I figured I'g put this out there to get this started. List what Hop rhizomes you have, what you rhizomes you want (or if you...

My hallertau look way past the time when i should have picked them, my nugget is no where near ready. Is this normal?

Back story: Ended up with way more cucumbers than I could use. Made pickles, ate lots of cucumber salads and gave many away. Still they kept coming. (Probably having about 20 plants had something to do with it.) Anyway... Searched if it was possible to make cucumber wine and found this...

My first lager with temp control )a mexican pilsner). I pitched at 75deg. In 12 hours had lots of activity. directions said to cool to 50-55deg at about 1 deg per hour. After about 5 degrees It was bed time so I just punched in the final temperature and went to bed. in the morning I was...

Just built a fermentation chamber (wine fridge) and digital controller. I have the sensor attached to the fermentation bucket and insulated by foam. If i want do ferment the beer at 65deg do set the chamber for 65deg or should i set for a few deg lower because the temp inside the fermentor will...

I planted hops last year and had a pretty good first year with them. Can I expect to have to seporate some rhyzomes from the original plants after one year??

Crush like coriander or just toss in?

So, I'm Finally getting around to posting my labels. Tripping Billies Brewery is named after a Dave Matthews Band song that includes the line "eat, Drink and be Merry for tomorrow we die" (and yes I know that that line is not original but I love it and it makes me think of just enjoying...

I went with Hard Lemonade instead of Skeeter Pee - more for a label idea rather than a name. I found the image googling Lemonade and eventually settled on the label. (First time trying to uplad an image so hopefully it works)

Fellow North East Apfelwein makers, A&P has 1/2 gallon Apple Juice on sale 3 for $5 this week.

I know it looks new but does anyone have any experience with White Labs Platinum Mexican Lager WLP940?? I've made two AHS Mexican Pilsners (orona clones) and love the results but have used WLP 840. and was wondering what differences I could expect by switching to this Mexican Lager yeast.

If I made a batch of Skeeter Pee but used Agave extract instead of sugar would I essencially have "Margarity Wine"?? Thoughts??

I was down in Florida a few weeks ago at a bar on the coast and they were making Margaritas with Agave Wine. I've searched the forums but I haven't found any good recipes for Agave Wine. I thought that might be a nice addition to the Apfelwien, Skeeter Pee and multiple beers for the summer...

My first batch of Skeeter Pee is ready for bottling. I was wondering how most of you all bottle it. Wine Bottles with cork? Beer bottles with cap?? Various alcohol bottles with srew caps??

My girlfriend has been getting bad migraines for the past 3 weeks and the neurologist told her today no more red wine and that the sulphites might be causing them. She told him that I was making the wine with no sulphites and he told her that they are used to clean and sterilize the bottles so...

I have a Merlot going in a 6 gallon carboy and 3 gallon carboy. Started it in September and it has been racked about twice now. I bought some French Oak Chips - Medium toast but I'm wondering about how to use them. Do I boil them before adding??? How much should I add to each carboy and...

Made my second home brew batch last night. (Working nights and finally had one off so I was out side brewing at 2 in the morning!!) A partial Mash from AHS - Rasberry tart. It smeeled great. But boy is this addicting!!! I have 14 gallons of Merlot fermenting and aging, 5 gallons of Skeeter...

Anyreason I couldn't make Skeeter Pee or Apfelwein in a 5 gallon bucket with an airlock as opposed to a carboy?? I have a few extra 5 gallon buckets with airlock covers but I'm short on Carboys at the moment and am itching to try these two.

SO here is a newbie question. I was just reading through one thread and Yoop said to not use the canned LME (which I've heard before) and instead use fresh LME from a reputable place like AH (Which I a mdoing) or just using DME. My question (since I've only used LME) is what is the...