Just checked FG... I guess it has been a while since I've done cider. It comes in at 10.25%. That is a ... little higher than I wanted. I have a feeling I should have checked the grav BEFORE I dumped in that much sugar. The oldish yeast I used dropped it down to .998.... I checked the hydrometer, it...

Yea, I was there until the arses kicked me off because I mentioned this site, may they rot.

Wow, has it been this long? Seriously?? I just noticed, then looked at others join date. We've been a member of this social pub little over 10 years, where has the time gone?

I am too old now and happy with the easy way I brew, and already have bought new stuff over the years that sometime don't use much now. I can relate totally to that comment! I'm quite happy with what I wound up with (grain father), works great start to finish. But.... as I slowly grew, so did my br...

Good luck with the running! I can run maybe 50ft.... then spend the rest of the day on my in-haler. When I was a young fart, I ran several miles almost every day but.... knees/back/body/lungs proceeded to tell me HEY, STOP IT OLD FART!!!! Sux to get old but.... LOL and I'm only 66. I do enjoy brewin...

I've not brewed in a good 8-9 months. After 3-4 years of little/no apples on our trees, this year I was able to pick enough to make 13 gallons of cider. Yesterday I filled 2 carboys with 5 gallons each and discovered, although I had a feeling, the packets of cider yeast are pretty much dead. One car...

Is it me, or is the crickets getting louder? Haven't seen a post in a while.

I did a pear/strawberry cider kit, tried it and hated it. Put in corner and forgot about it for a while. Just plain tasted nasty, figured when I needed another keg I'd just dump it. Got to that point and figured I'd give it one last sip before dumping.... glad I did. 10 months later, all I can say i...

I do the shake, rattle and roll. Connect to the tank at 18 psi, roll for a bit until the (bubbling) all but stops. Sit in storage until used, most times a couple months. I always place in chill box for 3 days before tapping. Never had cloudy beer nor over carbed. Usually comes out to my liking so it...

Merry Christmas everyone!

I'm kinda brain-fartin but I think it was 256k? I reduced this one to 242KB to load it up.

Mr. berryman, my snow's not as deep as your last picture, but we picked up ~20" by the time it was done. It was half ice, half snow. Took 2.5 days to clear around house and clear driveway. This stuff was hard as concrete, ran out of shear-pins.... LOL Now we're minus 8f, supposed to get really ...

Rudi keeps stopping by our feeder..... taunting us..... daring us to give him the arrow.... keep it up Rudi..... keep it up.... We'll make Santa sad... that is, unless he likes venison stew!!

One of my favorite IPAs comes as a kit. I looked on several sites and added the individual ingredients. Could not come close to the kit price so although I brew it quite often, I will continue to buy the kit 2-3 at a time. Other than that, they are all recipes I or others have conjured up.

w34-70. It's what I had on hand so it's not exactly German specks but close enough ya can't tell the difference me thunks.

Just finished and hit 1.051, I had figured it to 1.047.