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I think its good, it added a little sweetness & apple flavor. I also added a partial cinnamon stick and some ground vanilla (2 tsp, ~1 bean worth) and bottled after about 4 weeks (it was crystal clear but I stirred up a bit of lees). Red capsules for Apple!

I would not pay any attention to the markings on top of the dial. That is a printed metal disc that is just held on by some double-sided tape, and has no definite relation to the valve. In fact mine fell off in shipping, and now I have lost it. The only thing to pay attention to is the PSI...

It’s not a completely open hole, theres a spring holding down a rubber plug. I think the one with the stamped number has a calibrated pressure rating, whereas the spring/stopper would release at higher and higher pressures, the more you screw the spring fitting down. If it was originally...

I’m in the ‘boil in sugar water til they pop’ camp but I had to try fermenting some in a honey/orange juice mix. The ones I cut in half are working really nicely, but ones I tried popping like bubblewrap (thumb and forefinger, more painful than building Lego) didn’t really take off until I...

Edmund Fitzgerald porter

Ok, I’m going to say the thing on the back is definitely a prv. Theres a rubber stopper at the bottom, a spring, the outer bushing and a lock nut. What I took to be threads inside was actually the spring. The side one does seem more like purge valve, meant to be manually loosened a bit to...

I haven’t tried to use it again; I don’t have a proper fitting gasket for the SodaStream connector- one black one it came with is too thick, and the other clear one is too thin. The O rings I have aren’t a good fit either, a moderate leak developed in minutes at my last testing so I really don’t...

It does unscrew, rather easily in fact. I heard a slight ‘pop’ when I loosened it, suggesting some pressure was still inside the regulator. I can’t get mine to seal well on the SodaStream bottle, so I’m going to bite the bullet and get a full dual stage regulator. The cap has a central fitting...

apple juice, I like that idea since its already clarified. I think this is down maybe a couple of cups?

PS recipe is from here Apple Cyser Mead Recipe - 1 Gallon - Home Cider Making

Hi all, I racked my first ‘gallon’ of cyser today - SG was down to 1.001 and I stirred up some sediment too. (started Oct 7 at OG 1.111) It’s still fizzing slightly and I expect the SG will go down a bit more, but I wanted the practice with the autosiphon (also a first time tryout). Anyway, my...

I’m highly interested if this is still available!

You didn’t mention pectinase? Is it mainly for better clearing? I’m going to set up my first cyser today, both recipes I’m looking at (Schramm’s and Denard’s BOMM) call for dates which I don’t have to hand. Perhaps I should start a new thread!

Is it better to have a non-frostfree -20 for this, rather than the kitchen freezer?

+1 gal JAOM = 464 gallons

Are you still following this site? I’m looking for someone <1 hr from Madison, to propose beekeeping to (i have some equipment, no live bees atm.) Cheers- Scott

Hi all, I just started my first gallon of JAOM a week ago, reading Schramm’s book & Brew Like a Viking. Have attempted beekeeping but kept losing them every winter (Wisconsin). Also have science backgound (biochem/molecular/cell biology) & currently doing bioinformatics. Curious to sequence the...