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Hi all,About a week ago I bottled about three gallons of straight cider (just yeast and juice) in a dozen wine sized bottles and the remainder in a half gallon jug. It was in the 3 gallon jug for two days short of a year, very dry, and by all reports, quite tasty. I've noticed looking back in...

Hi all, It's been about a year since I had a chance to look in (moving, two separate computer failures, etc.), so pardons if this is already covered... I just came across a recipe for "nettle beer", not using nettle as a hop substitute, but as the primary ingredient. The author claimed it had...

Greetings, I've been learning the benefits of leaving beer alone(!) to condition till it gets good, and I'm starting to see how it (the brew) changes over time. My question here is, Do the same rules apply to cider? I just bottled my first few bottles of pear cider from a kit, was especially...

Greetings, My first batch is 1 week into the secondary (Brewferm Christmas Beer, 2 cans, 1 packet of supplied dry yeast, 5 gallons altogether), OG was 1.05 if I read correctly, down to 1.02 when I transferred. All seems to be going well, SG is still 1.02 or 1.019 (curse these tri-focals). I...

Greetings, If you've already seen it pardon the duplication, www.dafont.com is a Very good source of fonts for labels or whatever, some free, some not. I've used them often for many kinds of projects. You can waste, er, spend a lot(!) of time browsing their collection. About the only thing...

Sorry if this has already been answered, I'm new at site navigation. Someone mentioned making a one gallon batch of something or other and the general concensus was yes, with only a gallon you wont lose much if it isn't any good... Can 5 gallon recipes simply be divided to make smaller...

Greetings, I'm new to the list and brand new to brewing. I got a set-up for Christmas and am in the midst of my first batch. While I'm waiting (impatiently), I've been browsing the list and came accross this discussion. What exactly do you mean by cider in the brewing context? For me, cider...

Greetings, This is more of a curiosity question than anything else yet, as I am brand new to this and haven't finished my first batch yet... I came across a reference (can't recall where) to using food grade plastic bags as liners for 5 gallon primary fermenter pails, the idea being just...

Greetings, I just recieved a kit for Christmas, saw this forum while searching for more information. I'm going to try my hand at a Christmas beer, and I'm sure I can use all the help and advice I can get! Happycrabster