Recent content by Nargulyte

I bet (and maybe this is already generally known) that it ferments like a wine. Needs some extra time. I remember that somewhere in the thread that someone had bottled some stuff for a year and it came out *really* (and in beyond the standard awesomeness) good. The standard wait for most of...

Some of my friends are lactose intolerant and Splenda tastes like crap (I was thinking of using apple concentrate as a sweetener). So I was wondering is there anyway to: A> Sweeten with fermentable sugar (sucrose/dextrose) B> Still carbonate it C> Use bottles Probably not but I thought I...

Final Question, I swear. After a few days. My airlock was down to a bubble every 15 seconds or so. So i checked the Specific Gravity and found that it was fairly close to 1.000. Not higher then 1.002. The starting Specific Gravity was ~1.064 on the 18th. This means the whole thing fermented...

Yeah, the rapid slowdown caught me by surprise. My lack of experience makes me wary. :o It was interesting, however, to see the differences in some fermentations. My brewer buddy said that he had some cider that was done in two weeks (using practically the same recipe). I suppose I will take a...

I think I am slowly running into a problem. When i first added the yeast on the 18th there was no activity, and within 24 hours the airlock was bubbling 3 times a minute. However as the days go by the activity is dropping significantly on a daily basis. Today (the 22nd) it is bubbling once every...

My primary is now bubbling nicely. :) I was wondering what can be done to back sweeten the cider. I am sure my SWMBO will like it better if it has some sweetener. My friend-brewer suguested that I drop in something to kill the yeast and then use a can of concentrate per two gallons. Would a...

Went to the local brew hut, got supplies, and made my first batch today. This is the second brew I have ever done, first with my own equipment. The Dextrose was WAY over priced (2 bucks a pound? in Iowa? WTF?) I have friend who is a local brewer who suggested that I use brown sugar. So i...