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I'll be trying this as my first batch to be set up during our Meadlennium 2011 event.

I started my first batch (5 gal) of cider on 2/1/11. I made a starter of Red Star Premier Cuvee yeast, added 5 gal of the "Simply Apple" juice I found at the local discount grocer, and set it in the primary bucket in the spare shower. The aroma the next day was wonderful! Two days later, it got...

I've read a lot of the "sulfur" threads after day three of my (very active) fermentation left my spare bathroom (the fermentorium, as I call it) smelling like a rhino had visited that tiny closet. I have since added the yeast nutrient that I failed to add at pitching time. The local grocery...

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I racked this off to secondary and gave it a quick taste. The peppermint tea gives a good peppermint aftertaste, so I'm glad we put the candy cane syrup in during the racking process. There also wasn't quite as much chocolate flavor in the porter from the chocolate malt, so I boiled up about 3...

The washers I picked up were stainless. I had started to do this with a 1/2" ball valve, but there just weren't any stainless washers that had a large enough hole in the middle. This setup seems to be working just dandy!

Is there a particular process in brewing that helps reduce the oligosaccharides? Is this related to the various enzymes active at different mash temps, or a failure to maintain a particular water chemistry... or just one of the many joys of hombrew?

Again, thanks for this recipe! I introduced a friend to home brewing today during my first experiment with a partial mash recipe. I have some interesting bits of information to add to this thread. The local Wally World had 100% natural peppermint Carrington Tea (pink box). I took the 20 bags...

Many thanks for the photos of items (with item numbers, no less!!). I'll be working on this today!

I'll be brewing two batches of this, one for the homebrew club meeting in December, and one for Christmas gifts. I'm going with BrewFrick's partial mash recipe. Thanks for this recipe. I'll post another reply with the results!