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My carbing, once bottled (about 12 hours after having back sweetened the batch with ~30% juice), took less than 2 days, and by that I mean I HAD to pasteurize when I did. Had I left it any longer, I would've definitely had bottle bombs (I bottled a couple in flip-tops to check). It must be the...

Yes, that scummy layer is (or will be soon) the baby! I went through the same thing when I started brewing kombucha. Rest assured that most of the weird looking stuff you see is just part of the process. Actual mould looks a lot like typical furry mould you'd see on bread, etc. I've...

It's still a little harsh and yeasty, but I've not given up on it yet... I'll see what happens after a week or so bottled. I'm happy to just leave it for a few months, even. Even so, now, it's drinkable. Which I couldn't really say a few days ago. I'd love to try the graff, but I'm...

I was surprised, but my plastic tester bottle was solid, and when I opened it and 'reset' it, it got solid again really fast (I did this a number of times just to make sure, since it had seemed so fast). I opened one capped bottle and it had nice carbonation. Not gushing or coke level fizzy...

Wow, those were ready to pasteurize today. Just finished!

Thanks! For now, I imagine I'll be delighted if I end up with a drinkable alternative to the store bought options (overly sweet or overly expensive). No doubt I will get into tannins and acids soon.... slippery slope, here I come! Crab apples do grow in central TX. I shall start...

I'm actually looking for an ABV reduction, so I went with the Gravenstein juice (well, pure 'apple cider', I still have a hard time using the word cider for non-alcoholic stuff!) I racked everything back into my 3 gallon glass carboy first, so I'm pretty confident all the lees had left the...

Thanks, LeBreton! I currently have 2.5 gallons of the stuff. How much apple juice concentrate would you recommend, and could I just use more of the original Gravenstein juice? Should I then bottle it right away and just open a bottle every few days to check the carb level before I...

Hello all! I started my first batch of cider 7 weeks ago. Had it in primary for 2 weeks, and in secondary for 5. I've just moved it from there into a couple of gallon jugs, because I don't think I got enough of the yeast out when I moved it to secondary (first time using an auto-siphon...)...