Recent content by cawooda

Just put on my first batch of cider after doing some 4 batches of beer in my brewing career. I bought a kit can which I might reconsider after reading some posts. My main question is this: I disregarded the instructions and gently boiled the contents with water for about 15-20 minutes. What kind...

Thanks but alas due to finicky time zones my impatience led me to proceed without advice and OUCH!! there goes another one now. Let this thread be seen by all newbies! LOL Thanks for the help. I will practice a little patience here on in.

Is it possible to bottle my beer at a higher specific gravity, i.e earlier if I forfeit the sugar I add to each bottle. I am not using a secondary container. Will there be enough initial sugar in the solution to complete the bottle conditioning. If so what SG should I look for to bottle. I...