Recent content by computergeek13

excellent idea with the extract ginkings! And the priming solution and maple sounds about right. maybe ill test some in bottle pasteurization. i could make a test bottle with a temp in a cork perhapsto measure temps in the liquid inside perhaps - and maybe subtract 5 degrees for the bottled...

how do you think you could keep the maple syrups there then? if they will be eaten during a 2nd ferment.. should i prime with it? in the hopes some stays behind? or would that risk exploding bottles? What if i fermented completely... added the vanilla to a 2nd ferment.. for awhile. then...

no help, dang. Anyone able to offer any advice at all. I picked up 7 gallons of fresh cider - unpasteurized. Im sure itll ferment as i picked up a test batch and it started fermenting on its own. So im going to throw this in the carboy - and add a yeast starter if i can figure out how to make...

question - how exactly do you make a cider starter? i have a big 1 L flask that i put on a magnetic stir plate for beer. I picked up the same white labs yeast you did - the liquid vial. About to start 6 gallons of fresh cider myself. Wanted to get the yeast going tho... never made a cider...

So Ive made cider the last few seasons from scratch. Girlfriend and I headed out to orchards and hand picked about 4 bushels of apples- I own a cider press - so we pressed em and made 2x 5 gallon batches. Its a lot of work - and we didnt harvest any apples this year. So... Every once in...

when you make the starter from the tutorial, with 2 cups of water and 1/2 cup DME... that only give me around 500 ml of wort... which i add one activator pack of yeast... if i double the wort - do i also have to add another activator pack of yeast - or will one pack of yeast increase with the 1...

ahh wow 3 L - i see - thank you very much.

so i should have searched first: found this: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/how-make-yeast-starter-pictorial-76101/ but would i want to add all the excess wort? I dont want the DME in the beer i have going now - think it would alter the taste i have already - not to mention raise the...

Real quick, i just found this forum and am quite excited to be able to contribute what little i know. I started homebrewing about a year ago, ive made 12 beers - the best was my first beer last year a christmas ale. I added nutmeg, ginger, and cinnamon to the boil. This year i am trying to...