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HOW TO DISPOSE OF BOTTLE BOMBS: Well, that was an experience. I slept on it and took care of it this morning, about 5 minutes ago. I'll post what I did because I personally was looking for these types of stories and couldn't find them. Last night I didn't hear any more explosions, but...

Well, after reading and thinking about this (and no more explosions for a few hours): -I think the dishwasher temp just didn't get hot enough. -When I made these before it was winter. My basement was cooler. I'm guessing that the dishwasher DID kill off SOME of the yeasties, but not all...

Actually, I did do this. I also don't wait for anywhere near as long as he recommends in the article. I think he says 1-2days for carbonation...I gave it 2.5 hours. It was plenty carbed for my wife's tastes (opened one and gave it to her). I think I will be moving to plastic bottles from...

edit: I posted "how to dispose of bottle bombs" in a post below. -------------------------- hmmmm.... So I made the 5 day sweet apple cider (LINK) the other day. Today (so far), I've heard three bottle bombs go off. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f81/5-day-sweet-country-cider-265986/...

I really like this...or I should say my WIFE really likes this. I made some a few months ago and she's been bugging me to make it again. Put in another batch just now... given how easy it is to make, I'll probably try to keep some on hand all the time.

This sounds really interesting, I'm looking forward to reading the results as well!

This newbie hopes to go!

Awesome pic, What are those juices you seem to be fermenting on the bottom?

Well, I am spending a lot of time there. I guess I should have posted this link again: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f81/5-day-sweet-country-cider-265986/ This is the "template" I followed. Perhaps it's not a good one, but I thought it would be good to start with... for a quick/easy creation.

So I bottled today. Around 8:30am or so. My applejuice had sat for about 2.5 days. I bottled into a couple of soda bottles and some budlight bottles I had. I just screwed 'em back on. I checked the gravity 1.055 or so. I tried to find the paper that I had written the OG on, but couldn't...

That sounds pretty interesting. What will you do differently (if anything) next time? If this is decent, I think I'll keep trying this. If I get smart, I'll figure out how much yeast to add instead of just dumping the the whole amount. I think I want to take two tracks at the same time. 1)...

Thanks to the OP for the Edits. I just (two days ago) bought a homer bucket and lid, drilled a hole, installed a grommet and a airlock, and added some applejuice...maybe I ought to have just fermented in the bottles they came in. 'Course, I was 150 miles away from fukushima when it went...

Glad things ended well. As far as grabbing things goes...it's par for the course in WI. EVERY trash day, people drive around and pick up stuff... EVERY TIME. Normally they are looking for scrap metal or mechanical things they intend to fix up and sell. Once it hits the curb, I fully expect...

I want to go badly. I'm up north though, so that's pretty far for me. I have been to hinterland and titletown on a recent trip though. If this tastes decent, it might become my cheap fix.

Thanks Pickled Pepper, I'm living in WI now and I think I might just put them outside my garage in the backyard. I put store-bought beer out there and it rarely freezes, but certainly stays cold. The plan is to drink this stuff up quickly. If I do end up with a blowout, the applejuice will...

Yeah, that's what I was kinda thinking. My other option is to use a bunch of bud bottles that someone dropped off (with the caps re-screwed on). I was thinking this might work with a little elbow grease. "Cold Crashing" sounds like it might also be an option. All I have to do is make the...

Soo, I gave 'er a go tonight. I used this idea: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f81/5-day-sweet-country-cider-265986/ I "made" my own brew bucket out of a home depot bucket and a grommet. I think it should work well. I had two gallons of Wal-Mart apple juice. Heated up a bit of it. I put...

hmmm, well, if they are all crappy, then I guess I won't be doing a sweet cider. Thanks for the heads up. To be honest, I'm just trying it out to see how it goes. I don't have a keg...I'm trying this out for a little experience w/o equipment. Thanks again for the info!

This does sound good...but also beyond my skills. I don't even have a keg ;-) ...soonish, I hope!

Thanks! that recipe looks good. (from link) This sounds really do-able. Step 4 says to "hydrate"...what does this mean? Also, I had planned on using either plastic brown PET bottles that someone gave me from a Mr.Beer kit or old soda bottles...if I put them in the dishwasher for 10 min...