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Not sure if anyone will read this, maybe I'll make a separate thread. I just pulled 12 unopened ciders from this batch and will have the first in about one minute... Well, it doesn't taste as bad as I was expecting. In fact, pretty darned smooth, although lacking anything prominent the first...

Ha. Last time I wrapped it up in plain white wrapping paper and put it where I couldn't always see it.

Oh I plan on aging a case for a year. I successfully aged a case or so for a year from my last two batches. I want to sample at different intervals to see how that fare in comparison. That way I can get a better idea for the best time to drink.

I've been told to start out with just juice first. Coincidentally, that's what I did on MY third batch. The first two batches had added sugars to boost the ABV, but I my third has an ABV of 8.15% from pure cider. My second batch was a pretty big hit with my friends, and the first was okay...

JLP, that looks like straigh-up mold to me.

Bottled the cider today. Final gravity was 1.000 on the nose @ 70 F. ABV ~ 8.15%.:mug: I yielded (50) 12 oz. bottles. I must say, I am now a huge fan of Star San. I went out and purchased two cases of 12oz bottles at my LHBS today. Also happened to try out some Star San since I've never...

You know, I'm not sure. Maybe I'll give them a call and see if I can find out. I've read a couple threads about how different blends will give different tastes. Don't know why I didn't draw that conclusion on my own.

Would anyone happen to know if adding a half gallon of flash pasteurized cider at the time of bottling would be enough for carbonation?

By brewing history began with a Mr. Beer Kit. I then moved onto a kit I received as a gift that included the glass carboy and a 6 gallon plastic bucket with spigot. Brewed a couple terrible (although drinkable) beers first and then moved on to cider. I enjoy cider. There isn't much of a craft...

Just thought I'd give an update to this batch. Today (12/9/12), the batch has been fermenting for three weeks. I took a gravity reading, which is at 1.002 @ 61 F. I moved the primary indoors due to the garage being too cold for the S-04. I checked the other morning and it was about 50 F...

I used Safale S-04 for the hard cider I'm brewing. I noticed Fermentis says the ideal temperature range for fermentation is 59F - 75F. When I initially pitched the yeast, the temperature of the wort was about 63F. A week later, it's a bit colder outside and since my primary is in the...

So I just started my third batch of hard cider. Pitched the yeast tonight and am already anxious to see some activity! I think I could have done some things differently now that I think about it. Mainly, I'm not sure if I should have added the tannin, pectic enzyme, and yeast nutrient all at...

I would wait a few days and take a hydrometer reading to see if the gravity has dropped.

I'm also doing an IPA with US-05 and just opened my fermenter to check it out. Has similar looking stuff on the top of my wort. I'm hoping it is just the yeast.

I used 12 oz beer bottles and a few 750 mL, all with crown caps. Found a priming calculator and dissolved 1/3 cup cane sugar into some water and used that as my priming solution. I believe the units of CO2 was something like 1.75 for a ~5.5 gallon batch.