Recent content by Jawbreaker

greetings, i have just finished my first ever batch of home brew, it is a cider. now im wanting to bottle it but have no idea what needs to happen. do i; siphon from one bucket to another siphon to fill bottles (how high should i fill?) should i clean the bottles even if i bought them brand...

yeah i think i will make this one easy and bottle it, but, and please excuse the ignorance, but when you say "prime" it if i want it carbed (which i do want), does that mean i put in corn sugar? and if so, do i put that 3/4 cup of corn sugar in the bottle and then put the cider in there? or...

"If you started with apple juice and you ended with a reading near 1.000, Drink it-it will get you drunk." he he, i love it. thanks for the response. so then, would you reccomend that i bottle it now or go another round in a carboy (and why do people do that, is it because the longer it sits...

o wow thats great news (that i have some cider here)!!! but it just tates like watery apple juice, any tips on making it a bit more stiff? also, this is the furthest ive been in the process, so do i know just siphon it into bottles or need i have it go a second round in a secondary bucket...

i have the same issue. i didnt take a reading before i pitched the first time, and now mine reads zero as well, and also tastes like watered down apple juice (but with a hint of a mettalic taste). mine was brewing for about 3 weeks, but i was told that i need to put it in a secondary carboy...

greetings friends! please first allow me to excuse my complete lack of brewing know how and terminology on every level. i live in oak glen, ca, in a pple country, and so i live and work around the orchards and have in the past thrown some cider into a bottle and put a baloon on it and that...