Recent content by MKane94513

Thanks all - I will say that the replacement seals really work well if you are reusing the flip bottles. I will back 'way off of the sugar next time. Great thing about this hobby - even the failed attempts taste pretty good!

Can't disagree with your logic. Thanks for the info, What I don't understand though is why the surviving bottle are normally carbonated. You would think that they would be gushers if there was that much pressure in the flip tops. Since I did not take a specific gravity reading after adding...

I could use some learned advice from the forum. Just finished pasteurizing my 4th cider batch and netted only 9 bottles out of 35. I am at a loss as to what I am doing wrong. To set the stage - I fermented a batch of Apple Cherry cider using turbonado sugar, champaign yeast, pectin enzyme and...