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Day 15: Racking to secondary. Bottle 1 was racked into another gallon jug. Hydrometer reading was 1.00. Taste test: bone dry- no alcohol burn. Added 3/8 cup of my homemade raspberry sauce and returned jug back to fermenting area. Repeated same steps for bottle 2. Hydrometer same, taste...

10 days into Primary. Still seeing some co2 bubbles rising. Bottle 1 appears to be somewhat lighter in color and more solids appea

7 days and 12 hours into Primary: CO2 bubbles still rising to the top. Airlock activity has slowed considerably. Nice Trub layer on the bottom. Will watch it for a couple of days and then take a reading. I guess the next step will be to siphon it into secondary. Also, I made a raspberry...

84 hours into first batch. Consistent airlock activity of both jugs. No foaminess. Lots of tiny bubbles rising to the top. I can even hear the activity going on in the bottle.

Thanks, I'll keep you up to date.

Into day 2 of primary fermentation. Started 2 one gallon jugs from Whole Foods. Bottle 1 - I added 6 fluid oz of honey - 1/2 pack of Red Star Champagne yeast. Noticed Airlock activity within a few hours. Bottle 2 - I added 1/2 cup lt brown sugar - same yeast. Airlock activity began about 24...

I was reading some of the earlier posts regarding the difficulties of carmelizing the sugars then adding it to your juice. Has anyone thought of adding some Karo syrup to the mixture after taking the sugar off the heat? I thinking that it should stabilize the sugar syrup and allow it cool down...

Hi guys, I am very new to this . I'm starting small with 2 gal of Whole Foods organic cider (in glass jugs). What I want to do is make a semi-dry hard cider,maybe about 4-5% alcohol. Something easy drinking. 1 gallon sparkling 1 gallon still. Any advice would be appreciated Thanks