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With the priming sugar, do you just mix it in or do you take a bit of the cider and heat it up and dissolve the sugar then add back in? Thanks!

I'm new to cider making, and have had a couple batches turn out great and a couple turn rotten on me. I use store bought filtered cider and mix in some brown sugar or honey to boost the abv a bit and use saf05 yeast. What i haven't done is use pectic enzyme which I'm seeing in this thread. What...

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Man im gettin both! I finished at 1.020 from 1.065 or so and it's got that super grain/biscuit nose and very caramely and sweet on the tounge! Im glad the co2 adds a bit if bitter zing to it tho, i think I'll mash lower next time i brew this. Maybe 152.

Tasted great*

I had a couple batches end around 1.020 as well. Seemed a bit green fur the first few days in the keg but treated great after about a week.

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This beer is perfect!

Gunna add lactose to the keg to act as the "whipped cream" on top of the slice of pie!

I brewed this on 8-1 and just kegged it on 10-09. I can't believe how perfect this beer is!! Thank you so much for this recipe!!

Gelatin workin hard!

I brewed this on Monday and by weds night the yeast had fallen out and the top had almost no bubbles so i took a reading, it was at 1.018 from 1.065 in just 3 days! It tasted amazing so I let it sit and put it in cold crash this morning, Adding gelatin tonight!

Ive always used 2# of rice hulls in my grist for this beer. I know the OP says to use 1# for 5 gallons, but 2 lbs is way better! I've never had a stuck mash using that much. And your finished product comes out a lot clearer!

Beautiful!

Brewed this today. Turned out beautiful as always!

5 gals of pasteurized cider comin up! Added 2 lbs of orange blossom honey and 1 cup of brown sugar. Came out to 1.065! I'm gunna dry hop it with centennial or cascade and add a cinnamon stick in seconday. Using a saf-05 yeast i washed from my last batch of this.

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I think this beer is very comparable to the Sam Adam's version, but a bit better! A few people who've had mine say they like it better than the SA version!

This beer next top sam adams Oktoberfest is... waaaayyyyyyy better!!! Wow!!!!

Here's the pic!