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Recent Content by bkvanbek

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    How bad is light during fermentation?

    I make cider, prime and sweeten it. Bottle it with one in a plastic bottle to check carbonation level. When the plastic bottle is hard, I...
    Post by: bkvanbek, Mar 14, 2019 in forum: General Homebrew Discussion
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    Ginger Cyser

    How did this turn out?
    Post by: bkvanbek, Jan 29, 2019 in forum: Mead Forum
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    Pasteurization & pressure

    Wow, I didn't even try to follow the math. But I do carbonated mead, cyser and blends then stove top pasteurize them. Probably 20 batches, when I...
    Post by: bkvanbek, Apr 11, 2018 in forum: Cider Forum
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    pasteurize?

    How about when it gets to the desired sweetness. If I let my current batch go to 1.00 it will be about 13%, a little more than I am going for. But...
    Post by: bkvanbek, Nov 19, 2016 in forum: Mead Forum
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    Alien in my cider

    I used pasteurized AJ and honey, nothing unusual happened in the primary. This just grew in both secondaries. Think it is safe to drink.
    Post by: bkvanbek, Aug 23, 2015 in forum: Cider Forum
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    Alien in my cider

    Pectin? How would that get in there? There is no unpleasant odor. Maybe less smell than normal.
    Post by: bkvanbek, Aug 22, 2015 in forum: Cider Forum
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    Alien in my cider

    So there is this strange growth in the secondary. A blob giving off bubbles. What is it? I was busy and I left the Cyser in the primary for...
    Thread by: bkvanbek, Aug 22, 2015, 15 replies, in forum: Cider Forum
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    Help! Urgent! I forgot to pasteurize.

    At bottling I added enough sugar for priming and sweetening. Then forgot to check my tester, plastic bottle.
    Post by: bkvanbek, Dec 18, 2014 in forum: Cider Forum
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    Help! Urgent! I forgot to pasteurize.

    Why is it better to put bottles in hot water, than to slowly heat water and bottles? If I put them in the frig, will they not ferment at all,...
    Post by: bkvanbek, Dec 18, 2014 in forum: Cider Forum
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    Help! Urgent! I forgot to pasteurize.

    So I bottled some Graff with enough sugar to carbonate and sweeten, with a plastic bottle to check pressure. And forgot about them...until now....
    Thread by: bkvanbek, Dec 18, 2014, 13 replies, in forum: Cider Forum
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    How do you know if you drink too much.

    These questions concern me...we are in the same state.
    Post by: bkvanbek, Oct 20, 2014 in forum: General Chit Chat
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    How do you know if you drink too much.

    After reading these replies, I think I am okay.
    Post by: bkvanbek, Oct 18, 2014 in forum: General Chit Chat
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    How do you know if you drink too much.

    I have 2-4 beers every day. Is that too much? How do you know how much is too much?
    Thread by: bkvanbek, Oct 18, 2014, 48 replies, in forum: General Chit Chat
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