Recent content by dixiedeerslaya

i mis-typed. i meant 5 Table spoons.....which is alot more than 5 teaspoons..... i have been researching on here that backsweetening can take care of some of the bitterness if its too acidic, and i had planned on back sweetening anyway, and also aging can remove some bitterness, so hopefully i...

ugh... i made a newbie mistake...... my recipe called for 2.5 tsp of acid blend per 5 gallon batch. somehow i read it wrong and was thinking that was for a gallon batch. i ended up putting in 5 tsp instead of 2.5..... essentially doubling the acid blend in the recipe. the cider i started...

going to start a slightly modified version of this this weekend. i want it to have a holiday spice to it. thinking of using brown sugar in the initial fermentation and maybe backsweetening afterwards with a little bit of brown sugar. going to make it more of a wine than a cider. shooting for...

hello, new to the forum from south carolina. just recently fell into the hobby of homebrew wines. have completed a 5 gallon batch of scuppernong/muscadine wine which taste great. did everything from picking the grapes to stomping them with my feet and finally drinking a nice 10-11% wine...