Recent content by curbdawg

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Well its that time a season again!! I just found out that my locally orchard supply store got a shipment of Bourbon Whiskey barrels in. I use to be able to buy them at one of the apple orchards near my house, but they have had trouble getting them the past couple years. I'm all ready to buy a...

I used 2 cans of frozen concentrate to a 5 gallon batch that was stripped of apple flavor and now is quite fine

Oh i hope so!! Thanks:mug:

So I bottled one of my 5 gallon batches last week. When bottling it tasted pretty good. My plan was to bottle age it till next christmas. However, last night (New Years) I decided to crack open one bottle, early in the day so I could get a feel for the taste. It was unbearable!! I'm not sure how...

The airlock stopped but was there still tiny little bubbles running up the sides of the carboy?? I ask because one on my batchs stopped bubbling, but I still had activity in there. I waited it out a couple more weeks and the SG was still dropping down slowly. Did you add nutrients when you...

So I did 2 6gallon batches. One with White Labs Hefeweizen (wlp380) and the other with Belgian (wlp550). I bottled the Belgian today, OG=1.066, FG= 1.010 (cold crashed). I had actually let the Belgain go all the way dry then added 2 16oz cans of apple concentrate. Its good, a little tart on 1st...

Orian slave girl.........YES:D

I never used a blowoff tube. I would say leave the bung hole fully opened to let oxygen in there. That might help to get the fermenting started. After it boils over hard for a couple days then you can airlock it, or use your tube idea. Did you add any yeast nutrients? Oh and thats crazy how you...

Awesome!! yeah I had stored a gallon of cider down in my basement (temps around 55) for later topping offs. 2 weeks later I went down there and there was a big splash of cider on the floor and a half full/ half empty jug of cider. The seam on the handle had split open and the cider shot out...

I used fresh pressed juice. Well lets just say if i was going to let it age without bottling should I bung it or airlock it?

Quick question about the malolactic fermentation. One of my ciders has been sitting in secondary for a few weeks now. It has cleared nicely and FG is about 1.006. OG was 1.066. I am in the process of cold crashing it and then was planning on keeping it in the basement to age a little. During...

Harpoon is very sweet and weak. I think its 4-4.5 abv.

What exactly will oxidation do to cider?? well I had the orchard fill my carboys, and then bought buckets afterward, thinking i'd either get those filled, or rack into the buckets. I wanted to be able to see my cider so that is why i wanted to go back into the carboy. Hopefully for christmas...

So I'm about to rack to secondary. Basically i'm gonna rack to a 6 gallon ferment bucket, clean out my carboy and then rack back into it. My question is, is it ok to expose the cider to air while racking? I would pull the airlock and bung out then siphon into open bucket. Probley about 10...