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I did make a few sample bottles to test along the way and the taste has changed since bottling lastnight. The "peppery" taste is gone, atleast in the sample i tried, and now there is more of a sour note with a bitter finish.

Yes I meant non-fermentables. The juice was unprocessed direct from the mill with no acid blend added. I'm thinking my temperature swings in my basement were too high. The room never went above 68 but it did fluctuate between 60 to 68 on a few occassions. I talked to a local homebrewer and he...

I bottled my first batch lastnight. Unfortunately my 2 week fermentation period was up last weekend but I was out of town and didnt get to do it until last night. I followed the original recipe with cascade hops and it did not taste good at all. Dry, mellow apple flavor, slight malt taste...

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Like I said it may take several weeks to carb. Your yeast population may be low so it could take awhile. If you crack one open transfer it to a sanitized plastic water bottle, set it and forget it for another week then check it. I just did a test bottle Monday with cider thats been aging in a...

Anybody get rhino farts with this stuff? Mine has only been going for about 6 hours and i can smell them already!

Might take a while. I have friends that have lets theirs set for over two weeks to get the carbination right. Tip: Next time, save a few 12oz water bottles. use them as your test vessels. That way your not wasting the time of recapping bottles. This will also give you a benchmark so you...

2250.5.....Did my first brew today. Finished at 5pm and its bubbling away already. Fresh cider from the local cider mill with cascade hops. OG 1.060. tastes great just the way it is actually.

Hey everyone, Did my first batches of cider this year. They've been aging for about a 1.5 months now in the basement fridge. 1 gallon test batch: Wow what a difference a few weeks can make. 8.6% abv but it still tastes great. 3 gallon batch: is still tart so I'm thinking it may be...

I used 1/5 of an 11g pack of Nottingham Ale as well. Dried out perfect and didnt have to rack several times to get rid of the lees.