Recent content by RobertMT

If you add rice hulls, even with BIAB, you do get better yield, without hanging bag as long.

The last batch I used Cote Des Blancs and it took forever to ferment and clear, but result was pretty good. "is it tannin that is giving me the slight drying sensation after swallowing? " That's probably what you're tasting, also described as crisp or puckering, normally is toward back of...

I've thought of freezing this down, but so far it's been strong enough and goes down mighty smooth. I froze another cider down and lost much of it's flavor, it was a sugar enriched one, so it's didn't start really flavorable. Why the late addition of acid, just to add some tart? I would...

I bottle one PET bottle (plastic 12 oz soda bottle), along with glass and squeeze to test, when it starts to get hard, I test one. If you have sediment on bottom, you likely have carb, I would cool one down and taste it. I've never been able to "see" carb in bottle, until you open it. Soda...

If I had no way to get a secondary, I would do one week primary in juice bottles or buy juice in gallon jug, covered with coffee filter and rack to glass carboy and airlock then. You would get rid of most of trub, in primary and just go six weeks in secondary, cold crash, rack and bulk age in...

Started another batch, backed off the FAJC to ten cans, SG 1.070 should finish around 11% and be a bit drier.

Still doing 5 gallons a month add another 20 gallons since last post 271.32+20= 291.32

Just bottled another batch. I put apple wood chunks in secondary and after month, capped it and put in frig to cold crash. Got busy and left in frig for six weeks, before siphoning onto can FAJC in bottling bucket. Bottling sample tastes a tad on sweet side and I doubt if it's going to add...

Sales over now, I messed up, I didn't realize three or more kits were 17.76 each. I'll pay better attention next time. Get on their e-mail list and they have quite a number of sales. Makes for a quick brew day and decent beer. AG is better, if you have the time, but with so much going on...

The other ones I bought had yeast, e-mail showed yeast. I harvest most of my own yeast, but it's always handy to have some extra. I added couple LBs of hops, bumped total up a bit, but $7-9 for 8oz, why not?

They have another sale now, better kits than simply beer. I bought three of the simply beer kits to break down. These are full extract kits, with LME, steeping grains, yeast and all. https://www.midwestsupplies.com/pages/promos/buy-3-beer-kits-get-each-for-1776.html I'm going for quick easy...

I've never used S-04, but give it time, there's plenty of sugars for yeast to work on. I've had it take three months in winter to complete fermentation, final month was at 45, knotty just kept chugging away.

I have seen mine go for month and half in secondary. Current batch is @ 1.013 and still happily bubbling away, after five weeks in secondary.

Do not boil apple juice, just water for tea. This was inspired by several ciders here. Thanks to Pappy's, Graham's and a couple others. 3 1/2 gallons apple juice Fifteen 12oz cans frozen apple juice concentrate (Yes 15 cans, this is for added sugar and flavor) (can sub 2lbs of brown sugar...

Five gallon batch a month. 15 + 102.5= 117.5