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I'm going to try making a Strawberry Rhubarb cider. The idea has been in my head awhile. In reading the forums about various strawberry/rhubarb ales that have been tried, it sounds like 6lbs of each is a good start. What struck me as odd was that hardly anyone ever cooked the strawberry or...

I've been making batches of Apfelwein for a couple years now (thanks to these forums!) and have recently been thinking about hops additions. I haven't found a whole lot of good information on these forums about the idea. I was thinking of doing a few small 1gal batches testing the idea of...

Attached is a picture of my leaking gas connector on my keg. Took me awhile to figure out that this is the culprit. I was on northernhomebrewer looking for a replacement, and it says that there are 3 different types of gas line post assemblies. From the pictures on the site, I can't tell...

So, I have a basic 1 corny keg kegerator with a 5lb CO2 cannister and regulator. The last 2 batches of beer I've had, the CO2 has ran out before finishing the 5 gallons of beer, which I understand is not normal at all. I've had the PSI around 10 for most of the time. I tried to...

I bottled up 3 1-gallon batches of cider that I made with Nottingham yeast, fermented in the range of 55F-68F for about 14 days. OG's were between 1.062-1.068. I was planning on backsweetening a little with concentrate for 2, and honey for 1... but they tasted pretty good to me, so I left...

I have a few 1 gallon batches of cider that I want to put into wine bottles. If I was going to backsweeten them a bit, put them into regular wine bottles, and then bottle pasteurize them, how long would I be able to allow them to slightly carbonate before I would get into trouble? I know that...

So, I have 3 1 gallon cider recipes going (all slightly different recipes). The OG for each one was between 1.060-1.068. Each one is using Nottingham yeast. They have been bubbling away for 7 days now, in my basement. The house is kept at 68 degrees during the day, and on weekdays the...

I have a few 1 gallon "experiment" batches of cider going, and I wanted to backsweeten each one, bottle, carb, and then stove-top pasteurize them. One of my experiments, I would like to backsweeten with honey, but I can't seem to find any good posts about how much to use. What are people's...

I have searched through this forum, and checked out the stickies, and still want a little bit of clarification on stuff before I start making my first cider. (I want to make a cider soon, as I was just diagnosed with some sort of gluten intolerance, and cannot have beer). For the sake of...

So, I'm a former extract brewer, looking to get back into brewing. I'm looking into going for an all-grain system this time around. I've been reading a lot over the last couple of weeks, and one of the main questions I can't seem to find an answer on is about the mash tun. When you're doing...

Hey all! Here's a quick synopsis of my homebrewing history: - Got into homebrewing in 2004 a bit after graduating college, just as a curiosity - Brewed a terrible extract "Corona Clone" that ended up way too carbonated - Decided to brew a stout because of the lack of carbonation (or almost)...