Recent content by nomnomnom21

My girlfriend has a delicious salted caramel recipe and I would like to try dissolving it into my primary. This issue is that she uses heavy whipping cream in her caramel. Does anyone know if the milk will go bad and ruin the cider? Im assuming it will, but i just wanted to double check.

Ahhh its driving me crazy. Sigh ok. Lol its getting slightly better, im just not use to waiting so long. Im glad it can still be good

So i tried my cider again, 5 weeks after it was bottled and its still not carbonated well. I used Oxyclean for the first time when i bottled and might not of rinsed the bottles too well. Anyone think some residual Oxyclean could have hurt the yeast?

Just those carb drops you buy at a brew shop. Ive used them before with no issue, but i think ill switch to Apple Concentrate for better flavor Thanks i'll just ride it out. Im sure it will carb eventually and the flavor can only get better. I took a break from cider for a while and forgot how...

So i just taste tested my 3rd batch of cider using a recipe i tried before. Unfortunately it was only lightly carbonated after 20 days in the bottle, and it tasted like the carbonation drop wasnt fully eaten up by the yeast. Any ideas on how i can make sure my yeast is healthy enough before I...

Im so glad you asked this. I was wondering the same. Anyone know how to calculate the amount needed for different levels of Carbonation? I want to make a lightly carbed cider(i was using standard beer carb drops that were just too fizzy in the end). Maybe something around 1.5?

Thats helpful because the sulfur smell definitely bothers me(and my girlfriend cant smell it either)

So ive brewed about 3 batches of cider, all with EC-1118 yeast. Recently i added Xylitol to a batch to make it semi-sweet. Now im thinking about switching up to an ale yeast, such as Nottingham, in hopes to make a good Semi-sweet cider that everyone loves. Any advice on yeasts or advice on the...