Recent content by tenordrummer4life

Thanks everyone for your help! I had primary fermentation at about 71 degrees ambient and it went great, finishing off after 7 days. Due to work and life, I waited another two days before adding the spices. I took the terminal gravity and saw it was 1.004, so the cider really dried out. I...

Hey guys! I'm relatively new at homebrewing so I decided to try my hand at making a cider. I picked up a packet of SafCider AS-2, rehydrated half of it, and pitched it into a plastic 3 gallon fermenter filled with Walmart apple juice. I didn't add any sugar before putting the airlock on. I...

Ok, thank you for your advice! I'll leave it sealed up and check back in later.

It smelled a little off, so I took a taste. It was alright, but had a rather nasty finish to it.

Hey everyone! I was recently brewing a batch of seltzer water (not fermented tea, but close) and I saw a weird growth pop up. It showed up on about day 3 of fermentation in primary. I thought it might be mold, but low and behold, within a couple of days, it turned into just a residue on the...