Recent content by cttbax

I just re pitched.... lol

I am using Nottingham Yeast for my cider. I mixed in my juice and sugar, gave the yeast 20 minutes or so to re hydrate and wake up. I had the normal tan looking slurry with plenty of yeast arroma. Then I got a bone head idea to to put the 5TSP of yeast nutrient in the mix. I pitched about 32...

Well..not handfuls... palm fulls... like if they amount of cloves I put in the cider were breasts, they would be A cups.

anyone?? Bueller? Bueller?

Ok guys.. I winged my first batch of cider. Here is the recipe I used 4 Gallons of Whitehouse Premium Apple Juice (not from concentrate) 1 Gallon of Whitehouse Apple Juice (from concentrate) 5 TBSP Cinnamon (ground) 2 TBSP All Spice 1 TBSP Apple Pie Spice 2 Palm full of Crushed cloves...

yeah I think its supposed to be 5 gallons, but by the time I fill it up, I am usually a little tipsy and my judgement is impaired. Whooops!

Yeah.. I have never had a problem in the past doing primary in a carboy...however, I switched yeast strains in this batch. I normally use California Ale Yeast (White Labs)...for this batch I used East Coast Ale yeast (White labs) and BOOM!

WOw total blow out of the makeshift hose this morning! I am headed to lowes to get some 1" hose and a bigger container!

here is a pic of my make shift blow off hose. The hose is too small in diameter to fit the mouth of my carboy. I made a makeshift seal with some papertowls.

72ish? I rigged up a blow off hose for now.. whew that makes a difference.

ahaha I just realized there is 100 other thread like mine.... I guess this happens quiet a bit. I took the cap off the airlock to help relieve the pressure.

Ok here is my carboy 24 hours after I pitched the yeast. The cruzen is coming up throught the airlock... This is an extract pumpkin ale kit. I added more pumpkin....lol What should I do?? Should I just replace the air lock with a fresh one in the morning? Let it calm down? I don't have a...

Am I off my rocker here? I don't have any bottling equipment, but I have a spare corny keg and a kegerator set up. Could I make some cider and just put it in my kegging setup like beer? I haven't drank much cider (wifey loves it) is it carbonated? Has anyone had any luck kegging hard apple...

I am going to replace both gauges now.....are these gauges available at lowes/home depot usually?

OH, I just actually read what you wrote...so I will tell you what happens now..lol I look like an idiot! I screwed the regs all the way out, and now I can adjust the pressure with the bottle valve wide open and now weird blow off valve action.... Well,have a laugh on me guys!