Recent content by Madera

Thank all of you guys for the responses! It is going to have been going for 6 days as of tonight, and there is still bubbles...just wondering if I should stop it early so it is sweeter, or if it will be bad either way and I might as well let it get as high of a % as possible. :P Hopefully...

Thanks! So the amount of yeast should still be fine? and changing the water is ok to do?

So the water that the foam is going into is not going to get nasty or anything? could I maybe clamp the hose and change the water to vodka at least so it can help kill the bad stuff? also, I was thinking..what if I used sugar water, then when it's done, mixed it with juice concentrate? would...

Next time around, I will definitely use better quality yeast, and probably make my setup a little better. This time around I basically read about it(I had read about it before, just hadn't actually done it) and drove to the store to get juice and yeast...not much preparation. Also, if I rinse...

Here is my setup if anyone was curious :)

I read about it on the internet and thought it would be fun to try.. Here's what I used: 64oz 100% apple juice 1 packet of rapidrise bread yeast(planned on 1/2 but ended up pouring it all in) 1.5cups table sugar make an airlock essentially by runing co2 through a tube into water it...