Recent content by mongcong

I just checked back on my notes: brewed Sep 3, bottled Oct 17. I left it in primary the whole time. I have never had clarity issues because I use the best brewer's ingredient of all; time. I'm in no rush to get the beer to glass because I've always got something "ready" in the pipeline...

I brewed it last year on Sep. 3. It was very drinkable on Christmas, and was actually quite a hit. Thanks to the OP. However, it was even better at the end of Jan, so get brewing!

I just discovered my thermometer was off too, by about 15-20 F as well. I've been wondering why my numbers were off and the beers were sweet, I'd been mashing WAY too high. Out to get a new one. (fingers crossed)

No, I did not boil. Pressed about 15 gal of cider, most went directly into the freezer. 5 gal went directly into carboy, dry yeast sprinkled on top. That was it. Today, I tasted it after bringing it back in. Tasted like a decent white wine with apple-iness. I will do as most suggested...

I've searched quite a bit on the forums and don't see my particular problem. Hoping to get some help... I pressed my own cider in September. 5 gal went into carboy with US05. Early november it was still extremely cloudy since I did not use pectin enzyme. Went for the crash cool outside. A...

jtkratzer - thanks. that's what I thought. The OP mentions a 10 day chill, which seemed to me a cold crash for clarity, rather than a shortened cold condition for flavour. Wish me luck.

Would 14 days in primary (@ 66F upstairs) and 14 days bottled (63F in basement) be unrealistic for this one? I wanted to have a light beer ready @ Christmas for company and didn't look at the calendar early enough. I would really like to be able to present this one (as the feedback has been...

I have successfully used them with the metal caps they came with. The only problem was that the caps can get warped when saving them for reuse. I found that standard 2L pop bottle lids fit on the bottles just fine.