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...nd asked for some information on this item. The only thing that concerns me is the lid. They said it is a plastic lid that seals with a rubber band. Does anyone have any pros-cons of this item? Shou...
...chapricot_wine.htm In part 3 it says to "Cover the fermenter with the lid and air lock or with a sheet of plastic tied down." Would covering the primary fermenter with lid and air lock stifle the fe...
...walking and start dialing a few phone numbers. Some deal in only boxes, others deal in bottles, canisters, plastic containers of all types....
... by morning. Chop and scoop the rice out of the kettle into a 10 gallon container such as a large crock or plastic fermentation container. Pour in the grape juice. Add water to make about 6 gallons. S...
...g this question right to the people who know... I have had folks in the past tell me why or why not to use plastic.... but I don't think they know any more about the subject than I... Should I use a P...
I currently make home-made ice tea several times a week. I boil water in a kettle, pour it into a plastic pitcher and soak 2 large Luzianne tea bags for 4 minutes and let it cool on the counter ov
...ch is a safe amount to put in? I plan on using crown caps and after riddling use the normal champagne type plastic caps with wires. Does anyone know how much a)regular sugar either per gallon or lite...
...ydrometer w/ instructions and float tube (may want to buy new float tube) 1 glass carboy 1 food grade plastic fermenting bucket (two lids, each w/ hole for airlock) 1 glass blow off tube (use ...
Okay, did I really screw up, or not? My wort has been in the primary for 2 months. It`s a plastic tup-type fermenter with the fermentation lock in place, although the lid seal might not be the best
Lemon-based Ginger beer Recipe is for 1.5 L plastic bottle ? 2 tblspns warm water ? 1/2 tspn sugar ? 1/4 tspn dried yeast granules - ? 1 cup sugar ? juice of 2 lemons ? rind of 2 lemons
I was wondering if you can bottle wine in 2 litter pop bottles with the screw tops? Just trying to be frugal. Are twist top wine bottles available....don't want to deal with corks. How bout using t
... variety and experiment.... THIS IS HOW IT WORKS: It's this easy: 1) Pour fruit juice into a rinsed-out plastic soda-pop bottle. (2 liter bottles work GREAT) 2) Add the yeast (enough supplied in th...
I`ve been using the same plastic buckets for the past couple of years (since I started brewing), made about 15 batches so far, and most of them have turned out great. I like the plastic buckets beca
.... Followed the directions and sanitized everything. Put the wort in the fermentation bucket (5 gal white plastic) installed the lid and air lock and though it would take a day or two to see bubbles....
...ds. So I have mashed them down, and strained the resultant rich, sweet and fruity juice into bottles, some plastic, some glass. My question is, what is the best way to keep this juice? If I store it i...
Does anyone who has tried either method have an opinion on whether it is best to use glass or plastic (PET type) fermenting vessels - as I have just purchased two 5 litre vessels made from PET plastic
Have a 5 liter keg with built-in plastic spigot and was wondering if they would make a suitable vessel for homebrew. tks scott
the components below from www.USPlastic.com to build my first conical fermenter. I will post some pictures to the web during and after building this thing. I appreciate all the web pages and informa
...the instructions say to add 1 kg of sugar. In the past these would ferment out in between 5 - 7 days in a plastic fermenting bucket and then I would pressure barrel them. However, when I restarte...
...e bleach as a sterilant. i used to use just boiling water, but got warned off it with my current grade of plastic fermenter. bleach was 6% sodium hypochlorite - mixed 3/4 cup bleach to 1 gallon wa...
My black plastic bottle washer is not functioning anymore :-( I wonder if I should get one made out of brass. The plastic one has the advantage that I can wash 3/8 and 1/2" plastic racking tubing wit
...d have just created my first gallon of wine which is fermenting at the moment! I have got one of those plastic fermentation locks. The problem I am having is that the reservoir inside the lock is...
... attempt at making just pure alchohol and make my own liquors from this. I mixed the alchohol in the same plastic pail that I had done both the red and the white wine in (for the initial week of ferm...
... before, as I screwed up initially and started primary fermentation in a 6G carboy instead of the standard plastic bucket. It was slow to start because my temperature is a bit low (15-18C), but with ...
Got home this evening and the plastic lid to my primary fermenter had blown off. Actually, it just snapped off, I guess the pressure got to be to much for the air lock and it snapped the seal. It wa
Alright, another question before I start. Can you use the 5 gallon plastic water bottles instead of a glass carboy? Does it affect the flavor?
... an oblong octoganal shaped bottle with a black label, the name in red letters, and a curious flared black plastic screw top. W&M 12 is still produced I believe, but it is no longer distributed ...
I just got my lab supplies from Cynmar yesterday. I ordered a 25 pack of pre-sterilized 100mm x 15mm plastic petri dishes. I was kinda hoping the dishes would be individually wrapped, but they are n
My local shop has juice from Cali in plastic pails with some sort of valve built into the lid. He has a 23 litre of cabernet sauvignon, and a 20 litre burgundy. He said that he pulled them out of a
I've been "perusing" old threads with regard to the use of plastic barrels for storage of wine and using PVC pipe in winemaking and see you have some experience using this stuff so I will ask you this
...ag, boil that for an hour and then add 1 oz more hops for 15 minutes, cool the wort and put in the 6 gal plastic fermenter and pitch some yeast. Afterward, I plan to rack to a 5 gallon plastic wa...
Is it okay to use a plastic primary fermenter for beer and wine? Is there a certain way to clean it for this purpose?
I am looking at buying a stainless false bottom because I have a Phil`s plastic one that floats up when water is added. It has to be held down with a long spoon before pouring grain on top of it, or
...ker`s Mark bourbon that was given as a gift in 1996, and I just cracked it open tonight. It has a funny "plastic" taste to it. I never knew bourbon whisky could go bad, but is it possible? And if s...
...o make jam. I added pectin and sugar but not much, and a little lemon juice, all was boiled and placed in plastic bags and froze. Color is very bright, no oxidization. I now want to make wine, prob...
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