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I had an adjustable racking tube for years. it died and i cant find another. Before i have to buy a few siphons and cut them, Can anyone help me. I have 5 diferent sizes of carboys :)

I only tried making beer once last year. I used liquid extract. Accidently, i poured the sediment from the boil into the fermenter. I dont know if thats why it came out terrible or the fact my buddy was not paying attention to our strict sanitation methods-- i let him pass not wanting to...

I purchased an un shunted 30 amp ammeter so i could learn how rto wire it in with a shunt I WILL ENCLOSE A PHOTO BELOW. The shunt is rated at 80 amps and has a 75mv something. I see the meter has a 75 mv movement. The shunt has 2 terminals at each end. One large and one small. Each set...

In re reading my posts, i found where you had once given me advice in nutrition and energizer. We were talking about beverages made from who knows what!!!! You told me that the juice from grapes had much of the needed nutrients and in that case a normal dose of nutrient and energizer was...

I just recently found a recipe for ricotta. I selected the sicilian recipe because it doesnt require buying special additives, 1 gallon whole milk 1 qt buttermilk 1 pint heavy cream ! teaspoonof salt No ultra pasturised products allow ingredients to sit out over nite to get to room temp...

It tells me that i learned almost everythingi know about fermenting from folks on this websit I'm like a child in a toystore now that i finally re found this group:HB

Ive been making wine for about 7 years but havent done much in the past 2 or 3 i MAKE A LOT FROM CHOKE CHERRYS OR welches frozen 100% No choke cherrys yet sooo Today i started something using super marked powder said to make 2 gallons of raspberry juice. I added 3 gallons of water. it had...

I have had health isues for 2 years and hardly been at it.. Wine makers toy store site is changed and in browsing i re find this site. I hope i can be of some value and also learn a bit nore Scotty

I live about 80 miles north of tampa florida near crystal river. I can not seem to locate someone to fill a 10 pound CO2 cylinder that i just purchased. I have contacted a few AIRGAS dealers and they exchange 5 pound and 20 pound cylinders but for some reason not 10 pounders. i...

i never do but this time in making one of those 3 gallon batches from canned fruit i did. i just sprinkled like the instructions said.--i chose ec1122---the next morning there were a zillion little brownish speck that looked like dead yeast floating. i mixed well and waited another day---same...

i like making strong starter bottles weather om making win, beer or anything that calls for yeast i usually do 24 hr starters but i think that Rojette said that keeping the yeast stirring/ airating would give me a extremely strong starter.. my corning stirrer hotplate is intermitting and the...

would like a set of headphones that i plug unto a usb port. They need to have volume adjustable for both ears. My right ear is my best ear the left one hears ony very trebbly sounds. The primary purpose for these earphones will be so i can listen to teaching videos, the news and sort of u tube...

i want to get another small stirrer for my 24 hour yeast starter bottles. i have a small round one thati got from ebay a couple of years ago but it gets very warm when left on for overnight. my large one doesntget warm but is too big for just this one job. any info available on your stirrer???

I have a 2--- 5gallon setup for my porch refrigerator. I dont drink beer but like the taste of it from time to time. I make wine and also. soda goes in the tanks I was thinking of making a beer with at least 12% alcohol and treating it with irish moss, potasium sulfite and sorbate before...

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Living in florida causes me concern about fermentation temperature during the warmer months. With the a/c on 24/7, the coldest my home ever is in summer is a constant 78 degrees F. 25.5 C. I really dont want to stop operations for the summer but i believe that a 65 degree F...

Is barry whateve a spammer?? i got some PM soliciting some wine calk today???

Im wondering if distilled water stored in a sanitized carboy, will stay usable for a long period of time if treated with sulfite and sorbate. Crazy question??? well since it has no alcohol in it will t stay usable for as long as a wine does??

started a 13%+ PA sugar wine a month ago--it has been fermentin actively. When the sg reached 1.020 i switched to my close range hydrometer. The fermenting is very slow now-- it is tetering around 1.020 or a little less. I gave it a dose of energizer last night--the sg is a hair less than 1.020...

I have some 5.2 buffer in my collection. My water is 7.2. before i experiment can any one tell me if using less than the recomended amount of 5.2 will give me a ph somewhere on between 7.2 and 5.2