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Hi All, I've now made 17 gallons of cider. Two 5 gallon batches, and seven 1 gallon test/fun batches. The two five gallon batches have been made using Trader Joes Apple Juice, either honey or corn sugar as a sweetener, and either Wyeast Sweat Mead or White Labs English Cider yeast...

Hi everyone, I've been looking at the Krups Beertender for some time, and I'm wondering if anyone has any perspective on whether or not the system will work with generic 5L min-kegs, that I can get at my local homebrewing store. Or, if it will only work with the proprietary Heineken mini...

David_42, Agree that Newton's Folly is some pretty good cider. We pick-up about 3 x 12pks a week from Trader Joes here in Raleigh. Interestinglig enough, Nnewton's Folly is the exact same cider as woodchuck, just sold under a generic brand for $2 less per 6pk. Made at the same brewery, in...

Hi All, As you know, I'm new to cider making. I currently have 5 batches going, 3 of which have now been racked into secondaries. All 3 batches sat in their primary for approx 1 month prior to racking. I've now racked all 3 batches and have noticed something strange. All 3 batches seem to...

That is a great suggestion frostyone. Quick question, when you juice your own apples, I've noticed that sometimes you get this separated head, kind of like an ultra thick pasrons collar. Is there anything I can to to mitigate this. I strained the heck out of the processed juice, but I still had...

Well, only my fourth cider attempt and I've now experienced my first explosion. Saturday went and picked-up a 1/2 bushel of locally grown mutsu apples, juiced them down and strained the juice prior to dumping in a sanitized 1 gallon car boy. Added 1 camden tablet and waited 24hrs.what was...

Hi All, Quick question regarding my first couple of batches, now in the secondary. I just racked a pink lady champagne cider and a basic gravenstein cider using mead yeast into secondarys. I neglected to add much secondary juice, in fear of introducing air to the batches, and truthfully, I...

wreckinball9, Thanks so much for your response. I did exactly what you said with the exception that I used corn sugar rather than brown sugar. I'm still getting the hang of home brewing, and I'm gradually coming to the realization that you can use alot of ingredients that aren't necessarily...

Please. I'd love to see a more detailed design bfbf. Thanks, LTJ

Hi all, I'm new to the forum, though I've been browsing for a couple of weeks. Just went today and picked-up my starter equipment - 5 Gal Glass Carboy, 7 Gal Bucket w/ Lid & Spigot, Tubing, Air Lock, Stopper, Hydrometer, brushes, etc. My idea is to start out making a basic cider using a...

Thanks KingBrian1! See you're a Pineapple Express fan too. Look forward to speaking with you. Cheers!

Hi Everyone, I've been looking at this site for a couple of weeks and just went out and purchased equipment and supplies for my first batch of cider this morning. I love cider, and drink alot of commercially made. Figured it was about time to step back a little and try brewing my own. Just...