empathy
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Hi forum! . This is a cozy little corner of the web is it not? So many knowledgeable and warm hearted folks on here (and warm bodies from all that homebrew). Not to mention the amount of info on here is staggering, anyways nice to meet you all and how do you do?
So I brewed up some cider with Baker's yeast. Yes I know, hooch right? Well, the only thing that would make it hooch is the yeast. As everything else was professional, including the setup and apple juice. So, if you consider a batch to be hooch just because of the yeast, then I think it is a situation of misguidance.
Anywho. Off topic there, excuse me. This cider is very intoxicating. The hydrometer is indicating 11% ABV. Although it feels more like 50 proof. For example, I will have a standard wine glass worth of this stuff (5 ounces) and feel like I drank a can of steel reserve. The intoxication is different to, and I like it better.
Could it have something to do with the temperature I brewed this at? The fermenter was sitting on a heating pad on the low setting in a constant 74 degree environment. So, I would imagine the temperature in the fermenter got up to about 85 - 87 degrees.
So I brewed up some cider with Baker's yeast. Yes I know, hooch right? Well, the only thing that would make it hooch is the yeast. As everything else was professional, including the setup and apple juice. So, if you consider a batch to be hooch just because of the yeast, then I think it is a situation of misguidance.
Anywho. Off topic there, excuse me. This cider is very intoxicating. The hydrometer is indicating 11% ABV. Although it feels more like 50 proof. For example, I will have a standard wine glass worth of this stuff (5 ounces) and feel like I drank a can of steel reserve. The intoxication is different to, and I like it better.
Could it have something to do with the temperature I brewed this at? The fermenter was sitting on a heating pad on the low setting in a constant 74 degree environment. So, I would imagine the temperature in the fermenter got up to about 85 - 87 degrees.