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I'm in the process of doing something very similar except I am using the Skeeter Pee recipe (http://skeeterpee.com/). I made the original recipe this past summer and the wife and I really enjoyed it, but wanted to add a little bit of strawberry flavoring to it. So, I'm following the recipe...

So I'm getting ready to use some of my bottles for the second time. When I first got my bottles I soaked overnight in oxyclean, scrubbed with bottle brush, rinsed, and then sanitized before filling. After I pour and empty a bottle I have been very good about rinsing them out with water within...

Fat cat. An absolutely terrible beer.

Drinking a batch of cider now that I sweetened with Truvia (brand name for Stevia). I fermented it dry and backsweetened with 9 teaspoons in the 5 gallons. It was just enough to take a bite out of the dryness without being overly sweet. Most people who have tried it liked it, but the toughest...

I just used Truvia (a brand name for Stevia) in my last batch of cider and I don't have any hint of licorice. Just tasting it by itself, it reminds me of maple syrup. In my cider it sweetened it, but it is hard to explain the flavor. In cider it does not taste like licorice, maple syrup, or...

Has anyone used Tree Top's cider (not juice) to make hard cider? Tree Top's website says the only difference between their cider and juice is the acidity content. They apparently use a tarter mix of apples for their cider. I'm thinking it may turn out much like EdWort's apfelwein (since he...

I will be bottling and carbonating, planning on just using dextrose to prime, but what divi did sounds good to, so I may consider using aj concentrate.

I've got a cider that is about to finish fermenting and I want to sweeten it at the end with some kind of artificial sweetener. I was planning on using xylitol, till I read about the possible side effects it can have (the runs :(), so now I am leaning towards Stevia or Truvia. Anyone used...