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I'd say you're fine.. My LHBS has their hops hanging on the wall unrefrigerated. I've never had a problem with them.

Thanks for the replies! I did the recipe as follows.. 4lb extra light DME 1lb dark DME 1oz kent goldings 60 minutes .5oz kent goldings 15 minutes Nottingham Ale yeast. OG of 1.045 Hopefully a tasty product will result.

Yeah, im just gonna throw it all together and see what comes out. I'll drink it regardless of how it tastes ha

baha Gila, love your sig

That's what im thinking man.

Ok so, I am sitting here at my desk at work and I all of a sudden got the urge to brew today but i don't have really any worthy ingredients at the moment... I have like 5 pounds of random DME.. 3lb extra light, 1lb dark, and 1lb wheat.. and a couple OZ of hops just laying around doing...

Ok so my cider that I have cold crashing currently has a funky smell to it.. Similar to the rhino farts people talk about.. My question is this.. Will the funk go away as the yeast falls out? Thanks.

It is possible to have a tasty cider in 2 -3 weeks. From what I gathered from the advice I have received is that if you let the cider ferment all the way out, it will be good in about 6 months. But if you stop the fermentation at around 1.010, It will be good in 2 - 3 weeks.

I have a hard apple cider currently cold crashing. I was wondering if it would be ok to add a couple cans of apple concentrate to help bring back some of the apple flavor? Thanks.

I reseated the lid on my bucket last night, and now it is back to bubbling away. Guess it wasn't sealed correctly.

Ok then. I suppose I will check come Monday. Thanks for the info!

Temps are between 69 - 71

Ok so I am brewing a hard apple cider. It has been going well for the last 3 days. Last night I opened it to take a gravity reading just to make sure I wasn't approaching the point where I want to stop the fermentation. On tuesday the fermentation was going very strong and this morning the...

I ended up doing 2 pounds of sugar. How long should I cold crash it once it gets to 1.010?

I found some preservative free cider at walmart today.

Thanks. If you don't mind answering another question.... I am using a pretty simple recipe as follows. 5 gallons of preservative free apple cider. 1lb of brown sugar. 1 packet of safale US-05 If started tonight, do you suppose I will have a decent product by thanksgiving?

So last night I got the hankerin for some hard cider. I plan on starting a batch when i get home from work tonight. My question is this... Would it be ok to use Safeale US-05? It is all I have on hand at the moment. I have never used an ale yeast for a cider. Any insight is much...

Ha! Like the brew names! Huge Simpsons fan here!

Don't get discouraged stoneman. I have a batch of hard lemonade going that took a whopping 5 days to start fermenting. It only started fermenting when i threw in some yeast nutrient and energizer, along with a starter I had made on day 4. After that, it started right up, and this morning, it...

Thanks Yooper! I opened up the bucket, and sure enough, it sounded like rice krispies! I stirred it up just like you suggested! So glad i finally got this batch going!