dldorsey
New Member
Hello everyone.
Just thought I'd post about my first go at brewing cider. Well, my first go at brewing anything other than that chocolate milk I left in the car too long.
The airlock went on at around 8:30PM on 8 Nov 2009 and I'm happy to report that the 6.5 gallon carboy is up and bubbling away with:
- 6 Gallons of C6H7O2K-free Zeigler's Apple Cider (SG 1.041 with no added sugars)
- 6 Cups of light evaporated cane sugar
- 3 Cups of corn sugar
- Safale S-04 yeast
Sugars brought the OG up to 1.063
I going to rack it most of it at 1.020 or so but probably play around with pulling some before and after that.
Does anyone here have experience using "beugel" or swing top style bottles? They seem fairly easy and I certainly won't mind being forced to drink 34 ounces at a time. Are they too good to be true? Can one carb in them?
Cheers,
Danny
P.S. Many thanks to CvilleKevin for making it easy to pick yeast and sugars.
Just thought I'd post about my first go at brewing cider. Well, my first go at brewing anything other than that chocolate milk I left in the car too long.
The airlock went on at around 8:30PM on 8 Nov 2009 and I'm happy to report that the 6.5 gallon carboy is up and bubbling away with:
- 6 Gallons of C6H7O2K-free Zeigler's Apple Cider (SG 1.041 with no added sugars)
- 6 Cups of light evaporated cane sugar
- 3 Cups of corn sugar
- Safale S-04 yeast
Sugars brought the OG up to 1.063
I going to rack it most of it at 1.020 or so but probably play around with pulling some before and after that.
Does anyone here have experience using "beugel" or swing top style bottles? They seem fairly easy and I certainly won't mind being forced to drink 34 ounces at a time. Are they too good to be true? Can one carb in them?
Cheers,
Danny
P.S. Many thanks to CvilleKevin for making it easy to pick yeast and sugars.