Hello all!
I'm hoping someone can help me... I can't for the life of me wrap my head around the timeline of brewing after bottling. Our first attempt at homebrewing (cider) was an epic failure. After bottling I was never sure when the brew would be finished carbonation. We made 4 or so...
Thanks all! That's what we did yesterday... thank goodness we had an empty carboy. Sterilized it, poured it in... when there was about an inch left, we "swooshed" the bottle. We lost a bit of liquid though, it seems.. :( It only filled about half a gallon carboy. There's what looks like...
Went on a road trip to VA this weekend with the hubby. Bought a gallon of cider that we were told was pasteurized but is clearly not. After 48 or so hours in room temperature, the plastic jug it's in expanded and it appeared fermentation had begun. The lid was about to explode off so I took...
Hello from good ol' Harford County Maryland! :)
Newlyweds and brewing newbs as well... just pitched our first yeast into a gallon of apple cider last night :) I'm from Baltimore, hubby is from England. He's a cider drinker, and I miss the hand pumped ales - neither of which we do justice...
Hello all!
I will head over shortly to the introductions section of the forum and introduce myself properly but I wanted to get my thoughts organized.. I don't know if this is the right place for my questions so let me know if I'm in the wrong spot :)
A little back story: hubby moved...