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So I made a batch in a 5gal Poland springs bottle as a primary, it was still bubbling once every 15sec at the one week mark but I racked it into a glass Carboy so as not to leach from the plastic. No bubbling returned. Us this normal? I then bottled it at the 2week point priming with 1/2...

Ahh I didn't realize it had a tube submerged in the liquid. That makes sense now. It would be like puting a straw in your beer and blowing! Obviously this will make a foamy mess....

Just tried it after 1week in the primary. Had low expectations due to my lack of ability to follow directions, but I was pleasantly surprised! It's not really that bitter at all, just enough to balance out the sweet and sour apple flavor it rounded it out nicely! Just hope not too much more...

The carbonator cap looks cool but I don't understand why that works but the soda stream doesn't?

It looks like a neat gadget but my family doesn't drink any soda at all. My daughter is 10months old, my wife waters down juice because its "too sweet" and I don't often drink anything that doesn't have alcohol in it....

Yeah sorry to repeat but I am using the app and yielded nothing in a search.....

Haha! "CrotchRocket S.Grant" took me a minute... For the record my 09 Buell Ulysses xb12xt is more if an adventure tourer and thus is named the Latin name of the hero in Homers Odyssey not the Civil war General that tried to kick all the Jews out if Tennessee. But I digress... Thanks for...

Ahh I didn't realize you just carb the water then mix the syrup. So it's the sudden release of pressure when you detach the bottle that causes the eruption? Either way thanks for saving me the $79!

Has anyone tried using this little DIY soda maker to carb home brew? It uses co2 and re usable thick plastic bottles with screw on caps. Is there any reason this wouldn't work? http://m.sodastreamusa.com/Product_Overview.php

Also what do you mean about the torified wheat "going crazy" ?

Thanks for the input, I realized I had forgotten the crystal too late to get it and had no room in the fridge for the raw cider so I just went for it. I have read that maple can leave some residual sweetness any chance I helped my case with that?

Hello all, new to the scene I live in Central MA so raw cider is plentiful here so I only use that. Made a few batches of dry apflewine and loved it but i wanted to try something diferent. Just brewed a batch if this but I'm not good at following recipes. Just wanted to know how you guys think...