Recent content by desrtdwller

Yep. Bottle pasteurization is the plan. Thanks for the reply and reassurance Pep :)

So I popped this recipe in the other night and now about 4 days later I am at 1.010 My fermentation room is usually pretty warm, around 74-76. Is this gonna cause me problems? The liquid in my carboy is very light colored but completely cloudy and opaque. I haven't tasted it yet but the...

So I finally bottled this yesterday. I had racked it to a secondary about a week ago or so.... Bottled yesterday after back sweetening it with 2 cans FAJC. Taste tested and it was definitely much sweeter than the completely dry that it ran from the Champagne yeast. I am a little concerned at...

Might be interesting to run a cider completely dry and then back sweeten it with the Cherry juice......

I am in the US. Las Vegas to be exact. I need to fill out my profile so that shows. The vacuum seal is not broken on my bags. There is no indentation where the date stamp is. I think I am going to use one bag and do a starter so I get a good fermentation going before pitching and...

ok that helps a bit. I happened to buy two packets while I was there so when I do this I should pitch both packets then? ~DD

Sorry. Duplicate post from iPhone while in pure H*ll at my grandsons birthday party at Chuckie Effing Cheese..... /slashmywrists.....

Nottingham Near the top of the second pic is the dosage instruction Magnified pic o instruction area of package below: ~DD

Nottingham Near the top of the second pic is the dosage instruction Magnified pic o instruction area of package below: ~DD

Getting ready to start my first 5 gal batch and took a glance at the back I the yeast package. Noticed it indicates dosage is 1/gal Can I use a single package for the entire 5 gal? ~DD

My wife would likely like this, though I would have to make it less dry for her. She isn't a fan of the dryness :D

Thank Pep. The temp on the guage on the outside of my fermenting bucket is 72 so it is prolly a bit warm :) Thanks for the quick response and reassurance :) ~DD

So I started up making cider the other night: Started 3/8/2013. Poured Sprout's unfiltered organic apple juice into 2 gallon primary fermenter. Added 1/3 lb light brown sugar 1/2 tsp energizer 1/2 tsp yeast nutrient 1 crushed Campden tablet Allowed to sit 24 hours Added 1 package...