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When I freeze my cider all I get is a lump of ice... Did you cool it in the fridge first?

I am not sure about that statement. The LD50, which denotes the average lethal dose, to be approx. 150mG. For ethanol it is much higher, I can't find the number but we drink more then that. However, the for methanol poisoning is drinking ethanol. The enzyme that breaks down methanol is the...

One thing that you need to make sure is what temperature you are taking your reading at. There is a calculator which will give you the actual reading after you input your reading temp, let me try to find it. Here it is: http://dd26943.com/davesdreaded/tools/convert.htm Hope this helps.

you can if you want. sometimes adding flavors so you can secondary is fine. I personally do not secondary often and i just prefer the flavors which come with the beer. just make sure the adjunct has been sanitized.

What probably happened was as the yeast folculated they hit a large patch of undissolved honey. What I do with my ciders is take about a half gallon of my apple juice, in your case some of your wort, and heat it in a seperate pot I staralized with alcohol and heat it on 2 or 3, i have an...

If you want more head then you are fine with Malto. As for the cherry addition, just make sure and add it into your secondary after proper sanitization(why does this site say this is misspelled?) you will just have to figure out(trial by error) what amount you prefer with your beer. Hope this...

I agree with this fella. you really really have to mix up the top off water as jethro55 stated. Without mixing it you cannot guarentee that your READING is accurate. Since the sugars are not mixed properly only the reading will be off... the yeasites will still work the same and your F.G...

You should expect a slightly different flavor profile. Some of your aromatics will boil out and some of your flavinoids will come out... overall, I have done this many times and people don't know if you don't tell them. You probably will not notice a difference either. Hope this helps!

it isn't starsan. I do not believe you have an infection as you would need much more time for that to occur. Infections normally come from someone who has let the primary go too long and the yeast have finished doing what they do best. While the yeast are active they compete for resources...

You did not ask about this but I would like to tell you anyway as you will probably question this later. The reason you F.G. was higher that expected is due to the increase mash temp(steep) temp. It pulled more sugar. As for the fermentation, this is what I do. I take a tub and fill it with...

Adding too much water will give your beer less body. It will taste about the same just a bit watery. This happens at the brewpub in my town, I think for some of their beers they water it does to make a bit more money... However the problem with you F.G. to me is more the fact that your water is...

Make sure to aerate your wort before pitching yeast to insure you reach you FG. I went to Pet Smart and bought their fishtank aerator for thirty bucks and an airstone for five. The one I got there was somekind of weird pumice texture yet it works just fine. I also have one from NWB but you...

It is really up to you. I have commercial experience and I will say this. it really freaking sucks when you get those pellets suck in your filter. We would use a hop bag and still get crap in the filter, but we were using more than you would. What I would do is get one of your girl friend's...