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• Posted in thread: First attempt at cider on 04-27-2009 at 03:03 PM
  I just bottled my batch of cider. I started it a month ago and bottled it this weekend. I tried
  a bottle of it after letting it sit in the fridge for a few hours and I think it needs to set
  for a good...

• Posted in thread: What is a Lambic supposed to taste like? on 04-23-2009 at 09:17 PM
  What exactly is a lambic supposed to taste like? I picked up a Lindemans Peche Lambic and it
  was not at all what I was expecting. I was expecting a very sour and strong beer and what I got
  was very sw...

• Posted in thread: Newbie tries dangerous capsumelomel recipe, ISO feedback on 04-07-2009 at 02:42 PM
  I saw in Tusch's sig from another post that he was brewing a Habanero mead so I started looking
  for threads on it. I think I might have to give it a go in a couple of months when local
  peppers are rip...

• Posted in thread: First Batch of Hard Cider - Weird Looking Trub on 04-05-2009 at 07:51 PM
  Thanks for the response. I thought I had some kind of nasty infection as well. It freakin
  looked like a giant petree dish to me.Glad to hear others have had the same result and that it
  is not an infec...

• Posted in thread: First Batch of Hard Cider - Weird Looking Trub on 04-05-2009 at 03:54 PM
  Is this what my Trub is supposed to look like? I just racked from Primary to Secondary and this
  looks a bit odd to me.Hard+Cider+-+Racking+Trub.JPG (image)

• Posted in thread: First attempt at cider on 04-03-2009 at 01:35 AM
  I just took a gravity reading on this batch and it came out as 1.000Is that too fast for it to
  have fermented? I can still see little bubbles popping up when I peak in the air-lock hole.I
  tasted a bit...

• Posted in thread: First attempt at cider on 04-02-2009 at 12:39 PM
  I am a bit paranoid about sanitizing stuff. I didn't actually throw the thermometer in the
  bucket, I just laid it on top so I could get an air temperature reading.I tried moving the
  bucket around a bi...

• Posted in thread: First attempt at cider on 04-02-2009 at 02:00 AM
  Thanks for getting back to me and for the warm welcome.When I got home today I decided to get
  the correct amount of water in my airlock. I pulled it off and poured off the excess and then
  put it back ...

• Posted in thread: First attempt at cider on 04-01-2009 at 04:48 PM
  Greetings!I started up a batch of Hard Cider/Apfelwine last week and thought I would post my
  progress on here. I have a few questions that some of you might know the answer to as well.When
  I add more ...