Recent content by revkev6

what was your starting SG?? I usually add sugar by the cup per gallon. anywhere from 1-2.5 cups per gallon depending on what I want for abv. still haven't done a pasturization... I just leave it in the fridge until it's time to drink. my usual procedure is, cold crash with loose cap in...

well, I checked my second batch which I had intended to be edwort's apple wine recipe. it was at 1.021 and tasted delicious! almost no yeast smell, could still taste the apple and it was a little tart! best part was it was all the way up to 10.78% abv. I bottled it up! plan to make another batch...

from what i've read you cant make a carbonated cider with wine bottles, it will push out the cork or break the bottles with very little carbonation. ok... I'm 3.5 days after I started my cider. I used pasteurized cider from a farm that had a SG of 1.045 and was fairly tart. I added enough...

well, I checked my 5 day country cider SG this morning and it had hit 1.025.. I was aiming for 1.03. so it took from tuesday night to sat. morning to get from 1.072 down to 1.025.. here's the problem.. it tastes like butt. I pulled a sample and it is super tart like biting a crab apple. the...

my plan is to use the 5 day country cider recipe which stops the fermentation early for natural sweetness. I will rack it when it hits about 1.03 then bottle it right away. bottles will be plastic soda bottles. when they feel hard (carbonated) I am going to cold crash them in the fridge. they...

Phil.. dont put the ajc in during secondary the yeast will convert it to more abv. Just before bottling then you have to pasteurize it after it reaches a good carb level through testing. I plan to sweeten with non fermentable sugar then priming before bottling with my wine. How long did it...

ok ok think I'm finally catching a couple things! SG= specific gravity OG= original gravity before fermentation FG= fermented gravity after fermentation I posted my question last night before I had even started taking any OG measurements. I found the cider I bought to be quite tart to taste...

well, I put in just shy of 2 cups of brown sugar to get the cider I am using up to 1.072. we shall see how it goes!

hey guys anyone have an idea how many cups of briwn sugar it would take to bring a gallon of cider from 1.06 1.08? Im trying the 5 day recipe and dont have a scale.

Ok first batch of cider and I havent gotten my scale yet... anyone know how many cups of brown sugar you would add per gallon of cider?

interesting that the link you supplied doesnt show the two orchards i mentioned

I am out of the springfield area. I have found a couple orchards here that only sell raw cider. no preservatives, nonpasteurized. one is outlook farms in westhampton ma. http://www.outlookfarm.com/ the other is Riiska brook orchard in Sandisfield. http://www.riiskabrookorchard.com/ there is...

yeast nutrient is about $2 for enough to do a lot of batches..... I just bought the nutrient.

phil, I haven't even started my first batch of anything, but the little bit of reading i've done mentioned ~3 days of SG readings remaining constant. Do you have a hydrometer??

Any pics? Did u take SG measurements?