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And are you willing to help out a cider lover on the West Coast? I am trying to get my hands on some Border Buster Cider, and there are no out of state distributors; I know I already checked. I will of course pay for the cider and shipping; I would be forever grateful if someone would go to the...

We are working on a ice cider of sorts, and I am not sure I am using the correct formula to figure what our theoretical (or actual) O.G. is or was. 1 quart of 3 apple blend at 1.040 2-1/2 12oz cans of FAJC Three months later (today) I added 6-12oz cans of FAJC to the above 1/2 gallon and...

Twenty-four German Beers in a very big box. Open a (16.9 oz can) beer a day from December 1st to December 24th. I just received one as a gift, and I cannot wait until the first of December. I believe it came from Costco and I did not look to see what the price is/was.

Up until yesterday I had only used the Great Value 'generic" FAJC which contains juice from concentrate and Vitamin C. The store was out of the GV brand so I purchased a few cans of Tree Top FAJC. After pouring it into the fermenters, I tasted the last couple of drops from the bottom of the can...

I am a big fan of applejack, no wait, I am a huge fan of applejack, okay, that isn't a fair description of my affection for applejack. When it comes to applejack, I can't think of anything I would rather drink than my home brew applejack.Well, that is what I thought until I tried ice cider...

I currently have a batch of ice cider going in my fermentation chamber (re-purposed freezer) and in the beginning I was holding a 60* F temperature which is at the bottom of the temperature range for the 4184 Sweet Mead yeast I am using. I am using Tree Top 3 apple blend juice fortified with...

I have read about people adding grated raw potato into their pre-ferment hard cider mix. Has anyone here ever done it, and if so what were the results? Clarity, flavor, ABV% or anything else? I don't mind potentially wasting a potato, but wasting a gallon of apple juice is a whole different story.

I mention in a different post about a neighbor raised in California apple country that was not not familiar with "Craft Applejack". A couple of nights ago I went to his home to oversee the collection of the applejack that had just come out of his freezer. His estimated ABV was 18% before...

I have just got to ask, if anyone has a similar flavor situation occurring in their apple jack; adding a concentrate other than straight apple to apple. What I mean is since (in my experience) other frozen juice concentrates are not just what they are supposed to be: apple-cherry FJC has grape...

Yooper, I am making hard cider and I add my fermentables in stages. For example I pour out 16oz from my gallon of cider and then add a 12oz can of FAJC to bring the O.G. up to 1.070, and pitch my yeast and a small amount of nutrient. Anyway, when the hydro hits 1.004 or lower, I pour off 12oz...

Earlier today, I read a post mentioning Northern Brewer or some company selling 5 gallon beer kits with yeast for $15.00. Does anybody remember seeing that post?

$4.97 for a bomber, ain't too bad of a price.

At the suggestion of a Senior member to document this idea, here it is. I did an AG using a brewing bag, okay, they were paint strainers, the reason I tried this method, was to save myself from lifting nearly full, very heavy pots. I brought my mash water to temp like usual, but inserted the...

I realize this is not the software forum, but I am up against the wall here. QBrew got crashed, and I can't find a malware free version of QBrew.exe file I can live without QBrew, but ALL of my important recipes are in .qbrew format. Suggestions will be welcomed and appreciated. Thank you.

All of my important recipes are on QBrew. A crash yesterday killed my QBrew.exe, and the only links I can find all have malware. Would or could someone please send me a .zip with the exe file? Or, If anyone knows how to convert .qbrew files to another usable format, I would be grateful for that too.

Greeting Home~brewers, I am MindenMan's daughter. I was wondering if it would be possible to make a cherry-lemonade soda with a normal home~brew kit. I love lemon and cherry flavors, and i was hoping my daddy could make a nonalcoholic drink for me and call it "Sweet as Candy". Please help him...

Jamil's Who's Your Taddy Porter recipe has me stumped. http://brubrog.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/whos-your-taddy-porter-jamils-recipe/ Using Qbrew, I get an O.G. of 1.057, and his recipe says 1.052. I guess why I am stumped is, why is my predicted O.G. higher than his recipe? I would think...

I had my Brown Porter judged in a contest today, and I won Best of Category 12-A. I never saw that even coming... I got a 36/50, and a 38/50, the highest scores I have ever gotten. I am blown away that my second competition ever entry, killed the show. Wow, I will frame my score sheets, and...

I brewed a brown porter this morning using this recipe: Two row 8# Special Roast 0.5# Crystal 80 1# Brown Malt 1# Chocolate malt 10 oz EDIT: If you already read the previous post, I was such an idiot. But I am smart too; I erased it. What happened was, my last BK and the new BK are...

As far as I have found out, store bought apple juice/cider has an O.G. approximately 1.045. I am brewing in 2 liter bottles, so pouring out 5 ounces to fill the hydrometer each time kinda hurts. I have a 2- 2 liter bottles with 12 oz of FAJC in each, and 52 oz of bottled cider. I am having...