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Just a small post about my first attempt at a BOMM-style cider/apple wine. I, like most of you, love Ed's apfelwein, but I have got to the point where I would rather let it sit for six months or more due to its "hoochiness". That's too long! So I read up on the BOMM. The acronym eludes me...

Hi everyone, this has been an ongoing drunken test to find a way to bottle a lowly-sweet, but not dry, cider that I can bottle since I haven't moved up to kegging. Sadly this has yet to be achieved for me with just cider, sugar, and yeast, BUT I've tuned this to a good recipe that isn't as...

Just bottled my first hopped cider. I did five gallons of apple juice, 1 pound raw sugar, and safale us-05 yeast for a month. The temp was usually around 72 during primary. Dry hopped with half an ounce of Cascade for the last seven days. I tried a sip while bottling and it was almost like a...

So on friday I bottled my batch of Caribou Slobber, but was only able to pull just over 4 gallons from the carboy. Stupid me added the priming sugar solution to the mixing bucket before I started pulling from the carboy. So I added 5oz of corn sugar to the 4 gallons I was able to bottle. I'm...

I have a big cup of black coffee (it's 9am), Dream Theater playing in the background, and my bottles in Star San sanitizing. This Caribou Slobber is going down!

Well, I just finished up cleaning after making my first batch. I made up the Caribou Slobber extract kit from NB. It was pretty simple (I like simple) and now I know I have the bug! Can't wait to try it out in a few weeks.