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Sparkling orange blossom mead. 12%abv and around 3 volumes of carbonation. Delicious at 3 months old :)

Thanks mate, having a graphic designer SWMBO is pretty great in this hobby.

Krampus cranberry cider going out the door right now with with some other goodies. 8% abv semi sweet with tart cranberry flavor. This one sneaks up and stuffs you in a sack

Just do it. No regrets

As little as possible, or you can blanket with nitrogen or co2. But really as little as possible is best. I secondary in a keg with co2

Depends on ingredients and yeast but I try to keep it at at least 20%

For what? For creating the recipe? Or just tracking? I have a recipe template I use for all of my recipes and a template for tracking the fermentation. Very simple Google doc with temperature, ingredients, yeast type, nutrient additions, carbonation, tasting notes and so on.

Cranberry cider ready to be bottled for Christmas presents

I have a batch going right now with some adjustments, I've learned a lot since I made this recipe. Made this a 6 gallon batch and left the sugar at 1.5lbs. OG of 1.065 Using danstar strong Belgian ale yeast instead of ec1118 Added 2 tbsp Fermaid o after lag and at 1/3 sugar break. At...

Are you bottle conditioning? If so, back sweetening is not a good idea. The yeast will eat that and create more co2 likely creating bottle bombs unless you pasteurize

You sure it is at 1.00? That would mean it was dry and bubbling should not be happening unless something like a malolactic fermentation has started. If you are bottle conditioning the priming sugar measurements are based on volume. Increasing those would increase the volume of co2 and could...

If it still has residual sugar there is still a chance of fermentation starting again. You would use a combination of potassium metabisulfite and potassium sorbate to prevent this. That being said, I have kegged this cider and many others without using sulfite or sorbate. Keeping it cold...

I have some Fermaid O but it came too late for this batch. Would it be OK to switch it up for the 2/3 break? Do you use Fermaid O by itself with no dap? And I just want to say thank you for all of your work on this and other recipes / experiments. The batch I have going now is actually...

Took off like a bat out of hell. Guess I have been starving my poor yeastie buddies for years

Annnd I just read the top of the recipe on the website with the disclaimer for this. Damn...i guessed wrong. Oh well, the last batch came out good and went dry with no off flavors using tsp instead of tbsp, I am in the start of a new batch now that has had first feeding in tsp. Think I will...