Recent content by jiggerachi

Nevermind, this was my mistake. I read somewhere that you could subtract the % numbers on the hydrometer. I was lazy and tried that with these cider brews. I had lost my notebook and my hydrometer broke after my last beer brew. I finally found my notebook with the OG FG numbers and ran them...

It was your average 'no preservatives' applejuice in 1gal jugs. It may have been 100% natural or 50% from concentrate I don't remember, but it was liquid applejuice. It was sweeter than I remember applejuice, but honestly I rarely drink applejuice so it might just be me. I found my notebook...

I thought i'd comment on the finished product, and ask a question. Both 1 gal batches turned out exactly the same...and surprisingly very tasty, i'm hooked now. I let them ferment out until dry and age for a few months to get the best result. They were dry, but nice and tart like an...

I can't really comment except to say I have a 10% blend of cranberry juice in apple juice in primary fermentation right now as en experiment. I started it on Sunday, we'll see what comes out of there. I have a control test of 100% apple juice as well so see what difference it makes. This is...

Sorry for the thread jack, im still learning beer and very very new to cider. Would it be better to bottle it while a tiny bit sweet and dishwasher pasteruze after a week or so of conditioning? It will continue to ferment and carbonate in the bottle without adding sugar this way right? I...

If you cold crash can you still bottle carbonate with priming sugar?

One question: My original thinking was that you had to ferment to taste, meaing stoppign fermenting before it ferments out all the apple taste, but since I added no extra sugar, and used ale yeast instead of champaigne yeast does this change? Should I just let it complete fermenting just like...

Ok so here's how it went: 2 1gallon jugs of Tree Top brand applejuice from walmart, half concentrate, half real juice(best I could find) no preservatives except ascorbic acid, Nottingham ale yeast. Dumped out exactly 1 cup of juice from both jugs for some room on top to prevent a blow...

^ that's a good idea. I'm thinking ill rig up a blow off tube. I hear cider likes to foam up through the airlocks. Whatever I do ill make sure to get a good seal. Don't want foam all over the closet.

Ok reading that link that Teromous posted I think I'm going to grab either the Nottingham Ale or the Safale S-04. They seem to be cheap and easy to get being ale yeasts, plus a good chance of getting a fruity apple taste. Ill skip the sugar for now since the alchohol will probably be where I...

I just bought the same pot. FYI you can get it at Academy sports brand new for $20. Sold as a 'turkey frying kit.' They also have larger pots. The burner which I bought earlier cost me $30 and came with a 4 or 5 gallon pot, from Academy also. The pot is flimsy, but just don't throw it around...

Candlewineproject, thanks! Really good info. I'll be running by the homebrew shop friday morning. That yeast you specified, are they easy to obtain locally?? I'm going to write that down and ask for it, but the homebrew shop that is close by didn't seem to be very helpful, they had a full...

Im thinking about trying an experiment this Friday. I have 3 partial grain beer batches under my belt so far and I thought I'd play around with cider making. I have read up on it and here’s my idea so far. 1. Get 2 gallon jugs of natural apple juice, and a small jug of cranberry juice...

Thought my experience was releveant to this thread so i'll post it here. I brewed my 3rd batch saturday, a Franziskaner Heffeweisen clone. Parshial mash with the white labs liquid yeast. My other two, a Hoegarden clone and a stout, were done partial mash, but with the grain bag method. 1st...