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I may need help to lift the water bottles to fill the pails up. Rib damage from hockey. March 22 - Mixing it all together. Red - 1.086 White - 1.086 DO NOT FORGET TO ADD 1.5 GRAMS OF POTASSIUM BETABISULPHATE ON DAY 26, JUST AROUND WHEN YOU RACK IT TO FILTER/BOTTLE. I filled up the pail to the top of the first rim. Marty said he doesn't care about the %, so I did the same to his as to mine. I am thinking I should not do this next time. However, my white is nice. But a tad watery. Yea, do not add any extra water. I think I went way too far.                                              YEAST PITCHED AT 1:30. These instructions are slightly different than the usual Costco wine kits. They say to  ferment it 14 days instead of the usual 10. I always did that anyway. Temp is a little low ( 68F ) so the wall heater is on. March 24 - Temp a little high, so heater turned down a ...

  Hope to get both of these Costco kits going today.  Yeast pitched at 10 am and 11 am. I topped it up to 25 L instead of 23. I did it before and I  really liked the wine as it was light and refreshing. No gravity check because I know it will be around 10% if it gets down to .996 - .998. It is .992.                                 RACK TO CARBOYS ON FRIDAY MARCH 13 Next Morning - 22C - Heater seems to be always on when I visit them.  Day 2 - 22 F. Day 3 - Too warm - 75F. Turned down wall heater. Temps will be dropping rapidly               tonight so it may settle on out. Day 4 - Too cool. 70F. Heat back up. Yikes!! 79F. Heat off. Day 5 - 22C. For now, having a hard time keeping it at a good temp. Day 9 - Very close to being done. Day 14 - .992 to .994. Always hit this exact reading with Costco wine kits. It will be around         ...

I bought my first kegging system in Kingston in 1998. We went to the Kingston Brewing Co. for supper and I was amazed at how wonderful this beer was. I can replicate a cask in a way by giving this an overnight C02 charge @ 30 psi and then using my stout faucet to serve @ 10 psi. That knocks out the C02 and gives it a nice head. Beer gas knocks out aroma and I don't want that, so buying expensive beer gas and renting the tank is out of the question.   Ingredients 11 lbs. Bairds Maris Otter 6 ozs. Simpsons CM 8 ozs. Vienna 6 ozs. Simpsons CD 2 oz. Roast Barley 35 grams EKG @ 60 min. 30 grams EKG @ 15 min. Nottingham Dry Yeast Mash Volume - 6 gallons Sparge Volume - 5 gallons Mash @ 152F. Water Profile - Amber Balanced CA - 50 MG - 10 S04 - 75 CI -  63 Mash Gyp - 1.4 grams CC - 2.2 grams Eps - 2.3 grams Baking Soda - .9 grams PH - 5.45 Boil Gyp - 1.2 grams CC - 1.9 grams Eps - 1.9 grams O.G. - 1.044 F.G. -  % - SRM - 12.6  BU - 30.5           ...

I am out of beer and looking for an IPA to buy. I can't believe the prices. Screw that. That is offensive and completely unreasonable. Fuck them!!! Fuck them all!!!!!!! I am stepping up my brew schedule because of this. My lager won't be ready to drink after aging until April or even May. I have to CPBF them in my PET bottles when it is ready.   Ingredients 11 lbs. Rahr 4 ozs. Honey Malt 4 ozs. CaraRed 19 grams Warrior @ 60 min. 56 grams Cascade @ 15 min. 56 grams Cascade @ 0 min. 85 grams Cascade dry hop 3 days before kegging US-05 O.G.  - 1.042 - 72% F.G. - % - SRM - 4.1 BU - 41 Mash and Sparge Water - Distilled Mash Volume - 5.50 gallons Sparge Water - 5 gallons Mash Gyp - 7.3 grams CC - 1.7 grams Eps - 4.3 grams Baking Soda - .4 grams Boil Gyp - 6.6 grams CC - 1.5 grams Eps - 3.9 grams Lactic Acid in Sparge - .2 ml CA - 110 MG - 20 S04 - 275 CI - 51 PH - 5.33 Bit of a late start but done okay. I can pitch the yeast between 10 and 11. Brew Day - Pitches US-05 at 2:30 pm. Wo...