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Congrats on your new family member :-)

Oops, I forgot it's my HBT account that I have everything filled in, lol. I'm in Reading, PA, that's sorta SE PA. Hmm, well my house would definitely have sun, they'd be in a west-by sw exposure, gets sun most of the day. At my Mom's I'd have to check where I'd be able to plant them. Thanks for...

Hey Jack, any advice for someone about to get his first elderberry bushes? I was planning on getting 2, a Nova and a York. I have two options, I can plant them at mom's mountain land along her tree line(about 17 miles from my house) or I can try them in my yard(about 30' long and 10' wide)...

I went searching on Amazon for these yesterday and couldn't find them...glad to know its that they aren't available, not that my Amazon-fu is lacking, lol.

Buy 2 hydrometers. They break when least convenient, like Friday at 9pm on a holiday weekend that your LHBS will be closed until Tuesday...

Most campden tablets are k-meta, in tablet form versus powder. Occasionally you will find some that are Na-meta, instead.

Count me in!

It could just be off-gassing CO2 fr the fermentation. Without SG reading it's hard to tell...

Pretty sure he meant a case :-p

Additionally, the "common cold", like the flu, is actually caused by a variety of viruses, not bacteria, hence why antibacterials are ineffective against the flu or a cold.

I clicked on the "Frequesntly Asked Questions" link on the page you linked and it sent me to this page: http://www.rubbermaidcommercial.com/rcp/products/detail-faq.jsp?rcpNum=2620&keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=500&width=500 take note of #5. they reference the fact that the polyethylenes...

I had noticed that, but do you really think they'd use a different plastic for the European market? And the European site still says there food safe, just made from LDPE...and the site you referenced states that it's food safe as defined by NSF #2; if you actually check under the specifications...

That could be. I'll have to double check mine once it's empty and I can look t the bottom, lol...

This is interesting because on this site: http://rubbermaid.eu/about/plastic/ they list Brute cans as being LDPE.

I live in Pennsylvania, and a lot of the stores have stopped carrying the blends. They just don't sell enough in my area. Although, they stock the frozen margarita and daiquiri mixes -.-

According to the Rubbermaid website, Brute cans are made from LDPE, not HDPE.

I think you'll be fine, I've heard that apricots can sometimes give off some funky aromas while fermenting...

Well, it that time if year again when the candy canes are on sale...I was on the lookout for them but my mom beat me to the store. I think I'll have enough to make a couple batches x.X

Add the kmeta, wait 12 hrs, add pectic enzyme, way 12 more hrs and add yeast, nutrients, etc.

April will mark my 2nd year in this obsessi...err, hobby. Out of the 17 batches, I've yet to make a kit r juice bucket >.> mostly made meads, some have been pure ambrosia, others...not so much, lol. Worst one is still aging, hoping it drops the vegetal taste, eventually. That batch of wildflower...