Recent content by MikeR

Coming up on week three, fermentation has slowed down to what I'd call a "normal" level. Cleaned out the airlock one last time just now, total of four times altogether. There was a single fruit fly in the airlock when I pulled it off, and I haven't seen any around the house at all. Considering...

So uhh, I've cleaned out the airlock twice now as it has been full of kräusen both times. Very active fermentation, and it's still bubbling up. Is it safe to leave it like that, or should I keep cleaning it out until it stops? The airlock is off for no more than a minute both times, and I figure...

Started my batch yesterday at midnight (Sunday night/Monday morning) omitted the spices/clove/etc, only used honey and a large naval orange (peeled the skin off, pulled out as much pith as possible, cut them all in half). I rounded it up in metric (since we buy per kg up here), and used...

This is what I was thinking as well, if you get it reduced enough it will just be sugar/flavour/food colouring and perhaps tiny amounts of the other stuff. This has got me thinking of all sorts of ideas now. What other soft drinks would potentially work well when boiled down and added to a...

Ideas like this are why I joined HBT, I just love the outlandish stuff that seems to simple in execution! If you seriously try this, please keep us updated!

Took a sample last night. Tastes like Apple Wine. Very dry and tasteless at the start, but finishes with a huge hint of apple. I shall let both bottles sit for a few more weeks.

I sent a PM to MBM asking how it went, gave a link to this thread. I'm currently doing this experiment myself with two .5 gallon batches. Each one contains: 2.72L (Minus a cup and a half) of Simply Apple. Absolutely nothing added, pasteurized though. 1/2 cup of brown sugar. One packet of dry...