Joe_in_CT

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• Posted in thread: Cyser question on 02-02-2013 at 02:35 PM
  Joe in CT, curious, how much honey do your bees produce?My hives have not been very productive.
  I've had a few that overwintered well but were very poor honey producers, and a couple that did
  fairly w...

• Posted in thread: Cyser question on 02-01-2013 at 12:29 PM
  I have honeybees so I use my own honey.

• Posted in thread: Cyser question on 01-20-2013 at 09:45 PM
  I don't use any nutrient or energizer. I prefer a long cool fermentation.

• Posted in thread: Cyser question on 01-20-2013 at 04:13 PM
  I use a gallon of Whole Food's juice and one pound of honey. I remove about three cups of juice
  from the jug to begin the preparation. Gently warm the container of honey and eventually dilute
  the hone...

• Posted in thread: cider keeve on 01-11-2013 at 10:38 AM
  I have never read of someone adding yeast to juice after a successful keeve.

• Posted in thread: Ice Cider on 01-01-2013 at 03:48 PM
  Jolicoeur has a cider book coming out this year.

• Posted in thread: Trees to plant for cider in mid-atlantic area on 12-30-2012 at 10:31 AM
  This might be of interest : Google Group "Cider Workshop" might be helpful as well.

• Posted in thread: Looking for a cider recipe using traditional cider apples on 11-09-2012 at 07:07 PM
  For the keeving process I chaptalize the juice to bring it up to a sg of 1.055 and then aim for
  a final gravity of 1.010I would suggest that you try making a cyser with part of your juice if
  you want ...

• Posted in thread: Some Keeving photos... on 11-09-2012 at 01:50 PM
  Squirrels don't like Red Delicious? :)

• Posted in thread: Some Keeving photos... on 11-09-2012 at 02:30 AM
  Hi Pommeau,Do you have your own apples? If so, you're very lucky ... Good luck!