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  1. acemannw

    Cider Calculator ABV Question

    OK here is my math problem. Norm has 9 gallons of Cider brewing. It started at 1.08 and will ferment till it is at 1.00. Which should get me an ABV of 10.50% I am going to add 2 gallons of regular cider for flavoring and some sweetness to this batch. My Question is what would be the...
  2. acemannw

    Bought the wrong Cider

    So I bough the wrong Cider at Aldis. It has Potassium Sorbate in it. I am wondering if there is anyway to cook out or get rid of the Potassium Sorbate? It kills me to return all of this cider.
  3. acemannw

    Twisted Tea Clone

    My goal is to make a Twisted Tea clone. I decided to brew up a straight sugar water then mix in the tea afterwards. My sugar water with S-04 yeast was at 1.082 just like I wanted. This should get me to around 10.5% alchohol for that gallon. I am going to mix in 1 gallon of Arizona tea and...
  4. acemannw

    Anyone Brew Cider Because They Don't Like Beer?

    When I was 10 years old my Dad, Brother and some Friends went to a Minnesota Twins game at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. In the 2nd inning two guys behind me got in a fight and they both spillied a 24 oz beer all over me. For the next 3 hours I smelled like beer. This must have stuck in my...
  5. acemannw

    Bottling and Sediment

    I am getting some fine sediment in all of my bottles. What sucks is all my cider has cold crashed to be very clear. The bottom sediment kicks up and starts clouding up my poured cider. Does anyone have any ideas I could try to get rid of the sediment? I typically ferment fro 7-12...
  6. acemannw

    Hard Cider bottled.

    Bottled some Cider last night, started this up back at the middle of January. Racked it into a secondary about 8 days ago. I fermented 4 gallons of Musselman Cider I bought on Walmart.com then added in 1 container of apple frozen concentrate and another gallon of cider for flavor and sugar...
  7. acemannw

    Waited about 24 hours too long to Pasteurize

    I had a nice 4 Gallon batch of Cider going. It started out at 1.0700 and ended up at 1.000 flat. After a couple of weeks in secondary I poured it into my bottling bucket. I added another gallon of regular fresh cider, and a Can of Frozen juice concentrate. I bottled it up in some plastic...
  8. acemannw

    My First Batch of Fresh Pressed Cider

    I started helping my neighbor when he got into home brewing this summer. It was fun and a I learned so much about how alcohol is made. I had a bad experience as a kid so I am not much of a beer guy, but I do really love hard Cider. He had a me buy a few things that I would need but let me...
  9. acemannw

    Secondary Cider Accident

    We wave a walk in pantry that has been a good place to keep my Cider while it is in secondary. It is the corner out of they way but not out of the way enough. My six year-old went in to get something the other day and knocked out the stopper and airlock out of my 5 gallon carboy. The cider...
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