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So, I really wanted to make a big beer and I didnt really do my math at the brew store. I got all excited and bought 7lbs of pale LME and 5.5lbs of DME. Did my boil and put it in the fermentation bucket. Got a OG of 1.080. Pinched my yeast (wyeast british pale 1098.) Did a test last week and it...

Has anyone ever used a larger fermenter to do massive ammounts of hard cider? My LHBS has a few 24 gallon fermenters and I'm gonna buy one to do cider in. I've been clearing a orchard that has been left to drop (the farmer would get 12 cents a pound when his cost will be 14 cents a pound)...

So I didnt really measure how much cider I put into my fermenters when I was dumping it strait from the press, but I did notice that each of my fermenter buckets had just over 6 gallons after I pinched my yeast. So, What can I expect? :drunk:

So I have a juicer on the way (will be delivered on tuesday,) and the question came up. Do juicers smash the seeds and put anything bad into the cider? We are looking at putting thousands of pounds of apples through it. If so, it looks like a lot of cutting.

So I'm about to rack my first beer into a 2ndary to sit for a week or so before I bottle it, and I'm getting ready for my 2nd batch. My plan was to do almost the exact same thing as before but different hop varation so I can learn what ones I like best (not to mention that my first one was a...

So I just found a cider press, a old neighbor is letting me borrow it as long as I need if I clean it up. The problem is it is extreamly dirty and has been sitting outside for years. its a little rusted and has old leaves and stuff kinda crusted to it. So my question is what is the best way to...

So i picked my hops a few weeks ago and the vines are still there. What should I do to them to prepare them for the winter months? This is my first year growing anything really and I have cascades and nugget hops (got about 3 ounces from each plant.) :mug:

Just did my first gravity reeding after my OG and after a week and a half it went from 1.072 to 1.020. The airlock is still bubbling a bit and I can see a bunch of tiny bubbles still floating to the top. I know that fermentation is complete when you get the same gravity reading 3 days in a row...