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Well, this batch ended up as a total loss. The sorbate and bisulfite did not kill off the yeast. I had bottled this in wine bottles with corks and most of them popped out. The ones that didn't or were in champagne bottles with caps were over-carbed to the point of being dangerous. I had to...

Today I completed my first successful cider. This was not my first cider, but the first one that was drinkable. About every four years I get the itch to try some home brewing. My first go round was in college and it ended up producing the worst bear I have ever tasted. Second go round I...

I just bottled my batch of cider. I started it a month ago and bottled it this weekend. I tried a bottle of it after letting it sit in the fridge for a few hours and I think it needs to set for a good long while before it is good. It had a slight vinegary taste to it. I am not expecting any...

What exactly is a lambic supposed to taste like? I picked up a Lindemans Peche Lambic and it was not at all what I was expecting. I was expecting a very sour and strong beer and what I got was very sweet and very fruity. More akin to a cider than beer. Is this the way that all fruit...

I saw in Tusch's sig from another post that he was brewing a Habanero mead so I started looking for threads on it. I think I might have to give it a go in a couple of months when local peppers are ripe. I saw above that you guys were talking about Jolokia peppers. I am a bit of a hot sauce...

Thanks for the response. I thought I had some kind of nasty infection as well. It freakin looked like a giant petree dish to me. Glad to hear others have had the same result and that it is not an infection.

Is this what my Trub is supposed to look like? I just racked from Primary to Secondary and this looks a bit odd to me. Hard+Cider+-+Racking+Trub.JPG (image)

I just took a gravity reading on this batch and it came out as 1.000 Is that too fast for it to have fermented? I can still see little bubbles popping up when I peak in the air-lock hole. I tasted a bit after I siphoned it out and it wasn't bad, just not great. Almost had a very mild...

I am a bit paranoid about sanitizing stuff. I didn't actually throw the thermometer in the bucket, I just laid it on top so I could get an air temperature reading. I tried moving the bucket around a bit last night to warmer areas and it didn't make much of a difference. I finally gave in and...

Thanks for getting back to me and for the warm welcome. When I got home today I decided to get the correct amount of water in my airlock. I pulled it off and poured off the excess and then put it back on the bucket. It immediately started filling with gas from the fermenting bucket but stopped...

Greetings! I started up a batch of Hard Cider/Apfelwine last week and thought I would post my progress on here. I have a few questions that some of you might know the answer to as well. When I add more water to my airlock (from it splashing out or evaporating) it takes a while before it...