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Hmmm - I'm a little nervous now! The first batch I didnt have this problem at all and it was the exact same recipe just different cider. Tomorrow morning I'll open and pour in to a sanitized fermenter with airlock. I had made 5 gallons. Bottled 48 12-oz bottles. I suspect we have drank...

The room I'm storing them in is pretty cool Probably low 60's and in a cardboard box. The first batch didnt do this - but I used a different cider to start with and used a different yeast (more generic). So I should rack into a second fermenter and let it sit for a while? My kids broke my...

I'm in Owings MD too!! Where in Owings are you? I'm near Northern High.

I brew hard apple cider for my wife. I use a non-preserved cider - usually a spiced cider because that is what is readily available to me. I heat it for roughly 45 minutes in a large aluminium pot over a propane burner. I add 2 pounds of brown sugar. Once fully disolved, I cool it and pour...

Last Fathers Day, my bride, while stationed in Germany, sent me a Daddy's Day gift - a Brew Starter Kit from Midwestern. I love it! I've so far brewed: - Lawnmower de Saison - Amber Brown Ale - Hefeweizen - Smooth Nut Brown - Grand Cru I also brew my own Hard cider for my bride and...