Recent content by hoonigan

I posted pics a few months back of a pineapple agave cider that turned out very interesting....agave nectar is very sweet in general but can have different flavors depending on what kind you get and how dark or light it is..

I just made a six gal batch of winter spice cider and i used two hoping thats not to strong... If its too weak i can use ground cinn when i rack it.

Ya thinkin of starting a winter spice cider my self this weekend... Just waiting to bottle a batch so i have an ampty carboy..

There is a winter spiced cider in the recipe database you could take a look at.... Looks pretty good.

There is a ginger cider recipe in the recipe database for this forum. I guess try it out and see what you should change or not change to preference??

Wish i knew because the ginger angry orchard has a very unique ginger taste that i would love to replicate

The only thing i do different when making a gauge bottle is the room left at the top of the bottle is more than the glass bottles....

Was thinking about that myself and i think the thread you are talking about i was in... You would think if you have 24 oz of fluid vs 12 oz of fluid it would take longer for the 22 oz to do its thing vs 12 oz right??? I havent had this problem yet for beer or cider has any one else?

Im fairly new to ciders but i have brewed for about two years now and it sounds like you need to rack it longer or more to drop some yeast content out....

I like the drill idea rigged to mash everything up then rinse it all out but if you wanted to go natural add just enough water to cover the pumpkin add some pectinase ( pectic enzyme) and give it a while then fill with hot water to rinse.

Pineapple cider using agave nectar and honey, just started this morning....

Try bottling 1 or 2 in a plastic twist top soda bottle for a gauge of when to pasteurize....

So i started a cider today basing ingredients off of the caramel apple cider that has become quite popular on this site.. I just want to know if anybody else has had good/ bad results from this sweetener?