Recent content by willunc2005

You might enjoy Top of the Hill in Chapel Hill. Plus it's on Franklin St., one of the best known streets in college sports. And trading Durham for Chapel Hill for an evening is always a plus.

Okay, so after I hit the low end of the recommended FG I bottled with the caramel sauce and apple juice concentrate. Two days later I open a bottle to check the carb and I see this "goo" has formed in the bottom of the bottles. I am pretty sure it is the concentrate and caramel separating into...

My cider is really chugging along too, though it doesn't smell like anything but cider. I guess I'm lucky. You may not want to wait 2 weeks before checking carb levels. It looks like this cider will carb quickly according to the more experienced members above.

Thanks, Mike. I reread my post and had a duh moment about the ingredients. I'm pretty sure I had a reason to wonder that and for the life of me I don't know it. Maybe it was my OCD shining through.

I've been looking for a great sweet cider to try as my 1st and this sounds like it. I do, however, have a question. If I want to do a half recipe and start in a 3 gallon carboy, can I actually use just half of the amounts for each ingredient? I want to bottle carb and then pasteurize, so will...