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what is the process for aging bourbon in one of those little barrels? I like to drink Evan Williams, would that work well, has anyone used that before? I'm new to this process but want to try it out. Where is the best place to get a little barrel that won't leak and is good quality? Can the...

Chemicals wouldn't take care of the yeast and thus prevent any gas? Thanks for the discussing everyone. I guess I'll most likely go buy the bottling equipment and hope it turns out good and I make more to get more use out of the equipment.

Thanks for all the replies and advice. It's seeme the cheapest and easiest is to kill off the yeast with an additive. Anyone suggest what is best? Once that is done do you think I could still bottle it in the mason jars? How would I see them of them liquid isn't hot, put them in a low temp water...

I'm in the process of making my first hard cider. I want the end product to be sweet but not carbonated. So once fermentation is done if i back sweeten to taste and throw it into a stockpot and heat to 145 for ten mins will it pasteurize/kill all yeast and not cook off the alcohol? Then from the...

Newbie here. Finally got around to making this. Been going about a week and half. Gonna let it go another 2-3 weeks then check the sg. Few questions for when it's done fermenting. I plan to rack into another glass jug then add the honey and mix. I don't want it carbonated so I bottle and...

Thanks guys for helping out a newbie. I'm doing a cheap cider to learn the techniques before I move up to bigger and better things. From what i reading on this forum staying calm and having patience goes a long way in brewing.

New brewer here making first batch of hard cider. I have an airlock on a 1 gallon glass wine jug. Started brewing lastnight and woke up this morning to foam in my airlock. The foam has gone down in the bottle now so there is empty space in the neck now. It's bubbling away with a bubble in the...

New brewer here making first batch of hard cider. I have an airlock on a 1 gallon glass wine jug. Started brewing Lastnight and woke up this morning to foam in my airlock. The foam has gone down in the bottle now so there is empty space in the neck now. It's bubbling away with a bubble in the...

I am just abojt ready to go but have a few last minute questions. I'm ising store bought cider, from Walmart, starts with a M but can't remember brand. 1. Can I primary ferment in the jug it came in or use the 1 gallon glass jug I have? I don't have two glass containers to secondary in so...

New cider maker here. This recipe sounds easy enough. What kind of sugar do I use, does it matter? Does regular sugar you use to make cookies work? Also I'm worried about bottle bombs, but I want a carbonated final product. Is there a way to carb them up and then have the process stop without...

Can I skip the cam tablets at the end and bottle it and let it sit a few days to get carbonated? Then stove top pastier ise? Would I have to add more sugar for it carb up properly?

I'm going start this up next week. Once it's done, bottled and carbonated to where I want do I have to stove top pasteurize or can I throw the bottles in the fridge to stop the carbonation and kill off the yeast? If I can how long do you think it'll last in the fridge? Thanks

New cider maker here. Never made anything before. I've been reading in this forum for about a month. I'm jist about ready to start making the caramel Apple hard cider recipe I found on here. I have my one gallon glass jug, stopper and airlock, and yeast the home brew store suggested with...

Thank you. I want to do everything by the book and right the first time so it turns out right. If it does and I like I'm going to scale up to 5 gallons.

Seems simple enough. But I never used star san befofe. How do I get it inside the jug/ bottles and on all the surface? Fill it who the stuff? Do regular stores sell it or do I have to go to a homebrew store? Thanks

I'm going to be making some hard cider. Following the Carmel apple recipe on here. I will be using a one gallon wine jug and then bottling the few I make. What is the best way to clean the jug once the wine is gone? What's the easiest way to sanitize the jug, equipment I just bought and...

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Is the right yeast? Thanks. If not anyone got a link. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000MI70GW/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Thanks fellas. I'll be using the updated one. Hoping to get this going soon. I'm gonna use store apple juice then come fall I'll probably try with local cider. And then see which one is better before I do a big batch. I'm excited tho and thanks for the responses. It's good to know I got a place...

Thanks guys. I imagine it's gonna be good. But in case I mess something up I wanna start small. I'll cut everything by 1/5 except the yeast. It will all fit in a one gallon jug at 1/5 he amounts listed? I don't want to pasteurize in a hot water so I'll throw the bottles in the fridge when...