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Not a failure ...just a lesson learned...I made the same mistake on my batch.. but its not really tart..just more of a diluted flavor as stated previously...keep at it ..you will make something you like soon enough.....When in doubt..LET IT AGE!

So I Primaried it and then waited two weeks and secondaried it and then a week later gelatined it and racked it after two days... then it finished out to 1.000 almost a month in the carboys total. It clarified great.. it tastes fine, but I bottled it, with no sugar add and gonna see how it...

agreed on the volume..but thanks for the tip just the same

Has anybody augmented any of their ciders with actual fruit mash or puree? I imagine the sugars in the juice is ideal, but I am looking at ideas on more fruit tasting ciders. My next batch is going to be another apple-pear, but I was hoping to increase flavor with mashing natural or...

As stated in the original post the OG was 1.072. I am not worried at the flavor as much. I will be stopping this from fully fermenting out by pasteurizing. I guess if it fails to produce the flavor I want, I will try again. If it works out well that will be great. I will report what it does...

One thing I forgot on my ingredients list... I also added 2 lb of light brown sugar. Also I did not add any water to this batch.. I left the concentrate as is.

I have recently started my first batch and am hugely impressed with it's success. Thanks mostly to all you folks right here on the cider forum. I have learned much from your lessons and comments. I decided to use a few types of Apple Juice/Cider as this is more of a experiment than a simple...

I am also making a very similar apple-pear batch, but I am going to use a Burton Ale yeast instead of a cider/champagne or wine yeast. I will be taking gravity at several points and tastes to see how it progresses. I will be mixing a few different apple juice sources as well. 1 gal organic...

My Honey Porter was a success damn near hit my target gravity.. we will see how it goes in the primary..... again thanks to all the info on this site and my fellow Brew Friends help as well!

Brewing a nice Honey Porter Tonight...Life Is Good!

Hi all, first let me thank you all for the info..how-to's and recipes. I have been all over HBT because I heard my fellow brew brethren speak raves about this site. I am just another noob trying to learn to make some great craft brew. My friend Dirtymccurdy has taken me under his wing these...