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Easy enough... thank you =D

I had the same issue. As mentioned, the bubbler is leaking. What I did was take a piece of plastic bag (like from a grocery store, cut it larger than your carboys opening and make a smaller hole for the bubbler to go through. Essentially using the piece of plastic as a gasket.

Hey all... I have some cider bottled from last year, broke on out and it tastes fantastic. The issue is that there is a lot of sediment at the bottom. When I got about half-way through the bottle, I could taste the yeast. In my defense, I think this was the first or second time I've made...

Yes, real straight from the tap stuff. Not the light stuff either, the "dark" maple syrup. It tastes like caramel and brown sugar. I used 32oz of syrup to about 48 oz of water (by volume), brought the o.g. to 1.14 (just rechecked my hydrometer and misread the original measurement). Maybe...

I'm still new to the home brew stuff, so I 'm still learning. With that being said, I am working on a "maple mead" using natural, dark maple syrup. The starting gravity was 1.17 and is currently at 1.08, which, I guess makes it about an 11.8%. However, I took a taste and was expecting it to...

Yes, I checked, the hydrometer just dropped to the bottom of the flask. So would assume it's just dry a.f. LOL! Do you think back-sweetening would help?

Hey all... Just attempted my first batch of mead. One of my containers was forgotten about for about 5 weeks. It was still sealed with the air-lock and there was nothing floating on top. This was thr was one that I was going to ice distill. Today I took it out of the freezer and drained the...

Hey all... Thanks for the advice. I transferred the mead to another container. With in a day it's nearly clear. It tastes fine (it was probably still fermenting when I added the nutrients), but really dry, I will definitely back-sweeten. The odd thing is that it has a bit of a "smokey"...

LOL.... that's 1.5 cups of brown sugar. I like my brown sugar, but not that much =D

Thanks for the replies! Yes, I've done the swirling. I will get some bubbling for a few seconds, then nothing again. I also added nutrients when it action stopped. I did take the reading, starting was 1.065 spec-grav., it is now at .995. I'm assuming it's done fermenting, but from what I've...

Hey guys, Over the past 2 years, I've made several batches of cider and applejack that turned out great! So I decided to try my hand at mead. Everything started pretty good, but after about 3 days, fermentation pretty much stopped. It's been over a week and I do get the occasional bubble...

Hey all... I know that there are several posts on this, but I'm just trying to narrow down what I might be doing so that I can correct it. My ciders are done fermenting, and both have a mild sulfur smell. Where I live is on the cool side, so I put my containers on an electric heating pad...

Hey guys... How long is yeast nutrient good for? Got some almost a year ago, opened and was kept sealed in a zip-lock in a cool area. My cider is done fermenting and has a sulfur smell. I read that it might be that there was not enough nutrients, that's why I'm thinking the nutrient might be...

Thanks for the quick response! Yes, fresh made and stirred well. Sounds good, I'll just give the outsides a good wipe-down.

Hey all... I just sanitized my bottles for a round of hard cider. I didn't notice this last year (my first-time making cider), but the outside of my bottles have a greasy film on them and I noticed the my bucket of Starsan, when I put my hand in, can out very slippery/soapy. I used 2 tbsp...

Thanks for the advice! I bet you're right. I know this might be a stupid question, but is there any way to get rid of the "bite"??

Hi all... I just finished my first ever batch of hard cider. I split it into 2 batches, one was made into sparkling hard cider, the other was turned into apple-jack. Everything turned out great, at first. Did a taste test after fermentation, everything tasted better than I expected. I...

Hey all... This is my first shot at making hard cider. I have 3 single gallon jugs of cider, very filtered, they look like apple juice, but they were fresh pressed at a local orchard. I checked the abv and it came out to 1.14 without any sugar added. In one gallon I added 3 cups of dark...