Recent content by Icepick23

If I don't have any marbles right now, and want to do the racking soon, would vodka mixed with water to the proper proportions be a good way to reduce headspace? So my procedure would be: 1. Siphon some of the cyser into a sanitized vessel. 2. Mix that with potassium metabisulfite. 3. Pour...

So I should, upon returning, rack to a new bottle, add some glass beads (or is there an easier way to reduce headspace?), add sulfites (How much campden should I add?), and leave it in the bottle with the airlock for a few weeks? Should I stir in the sulfites, if so, with what? Also, how can I...

I will be gone for the weekend, and don't have the time to rack it tonight. Would leaving it outside the refigerator for the weekend be okay?

Hello! So exactly a week ago I started my first ever homebrew. I bought two gallon jugs of apple cider from Whole Foods, and left one as is, and the other poured 1.5 lbs of honey into. Then I added 1tsp of Yeast Nutrient (Urea and Diammonium Phosphate) and 1/2 tsp of pectic enzyme to each jug...

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For what it's worth, the cider is untouched. It also is done bubbling, should I keep swirling it and just let it go for a while? Also, I plan on starting a new set of 2 brews next week, and hopefully not making these same rash decisions again.

Hello! So exactly a week ago I started my first ever homebrew. I bought two gallon jugs of apple cider from Whole Foods, and left one as is, and the other poured 1.5 lbs of honey into. Then I added 1tsp of Yeast Nutrient (Urea and Diammonium Phosphate) and 1/2 tsp of pectic enzyme to each jug...