Had a whole bunch of fruit that I pureed to make into a brandy. Right now it's the consistency of really runny applesauce. Should I add some liquid before I try to ferment?
My best friend gifted me their axe since I have a downed tree I need to split. I've seen bad reviews about the handle for this, so I'm wondering if I should change it out preemptively. I saw they have replacementsat home Depot and Lowe's.
From my starting 15 gallons of mash, I only ended up with 650 ml at 45% it's a horrible yield, but it's kinda cool to see that it was possible without adding sugar. I'm going to toast a sliver of oak to drop in here shortly
I've always liked the way this sword looked (Windlass arbedo) but the handle just doesn't feel right when I hold it. I've thought about trying to get someone to swap the handle actually. How are you supposed to hold it with that tapered bit starting before the bottom of your hand?
I'm trying to do an all grain run. I have a digiboil, so I got 6 gallons up to boiling and added 23 lbs of cracked corn (all I had left after my last failed attempt.) once it dropped below 62° c I added alpha amylaze. I stores it up as best I could and I'm going to let it sit for 12 or so hours, getting ready to go to bed now.
Is this going to e enough to sufficiently galatinize my corn? I have had trouble finding info on how to cook the corn in any way I could manage. It's pretty thick, so I think I'm going to divide it up into 2 or 3 five gallon buckets and add some more water this afternoon.
So this was my first stick shift and I've gotten decent at driving it, but it's still very rough going into 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gears.
I thought I was bad at driving it, but I just drove a 2002 manual rav4, and it was a night and day difference in shifting into the first 3 gears. Now I'm wondering if there may be something wrong with my transmission, because I have never been able to get the scion I've been driving for months to shift as smooth as this car I just drove for the first time.
Anyone have any ideas? It's almost like I'm popping the clutch in 2nd and 3rd.
Another clean old vehicle parked along the sea front
Has anyone had any experience with these? My uncle bought this a few years ago with 23k KM on the odometer.
(don't say that last part out loud if you're a communist)
I pick these off and in-law's tree, and some of them look like they have bad spots. Would you cut them off and use the rest or would you use the bad spots as well?
I have a mixture of pears, apples, and peaches.
I had the idea to kind of a communal barrel with my father in law. He lives next door and has a shelter house that's basically a screened in porch. That leads me to two questions:
1 - can I stare a barrel out there? It would mostly be sheltered from rain and sun, but no temperature control. Would the barrel get ruined if it got rain or snow on it?
2 - could I do a solara cask sort or thing with any success? Like fill it up an let it start aging, then every time we drink some of it we top it back up with more new make. That would hopefully keep a small barrel from over oaking, but maybe give something a little more complex than just making and completely draining the barrel.
3 - I can't count. If I did go that route, I'm thinking like a 5 gallon barrel. Would I be better off going for a traditional small barrel or one of those hybrid barrels like badmo?
Thanks
I now have a case with a screen cover, but the old scratches are still there. Any way to minimize them?
And get back here to get the fuel funnel and I've always wondered what the other cut out was for. Kind of looks like a stubby ratchet maybe?
Woke up this afternoon and my tummy hurts. Still need to run errands and get to work, so luckily I have a second car that's automatic.
For the guys that only have one car in manual, what do you do?