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So this being my first time making cider and doing the cold crashing thing I just want to make sure I didn't f it up. After I racked to my secondary I put the cider in my freezer to crash it and forgot about it. By the time I remembered it was pretty much frozen. Is it as simple as letting it...

Thanks Guy's. I think I am going to let it ferment out, back sweeten to taste, keg, carb and then bottle a few for gifts. (that is if it taste o.k.!) This cider making is fun and in some respects a little more complicated than brewing.

Hi - This is my first batch of Cider and I have scoured most of the stickeys and other threads and I am finding it hard to make a decision as to what to do. Cold crash/keg or prime/bottle/pasteurize. The more I read the more freaked out I get about bottling and pastuerizing. Some background...

Oxidation is not an issue with cider?

Thanks fella's. Good Stuff!

So this is my first batch of Apple Cider and it is fermenting away...But the smell is really not very pleasant. I don't know how to explain it other than it smells like an appley dog fart! Is this normal? I am used to the sweet smell of my fermenting beer so it kind of surprised me when I got a...

1. I found a cheap older fridge on craigslist and ripped out the guts. It fits 3-5 conries. I also bought a 3 way manifold which I mounted in the fridge for my CO2 distribution. Only problem is I have to keep all kegs at the same pressure. I also drilled a small hole to run a line outside of...

I have a question that probably could be answered by searching the forum but I am feeling lazy today with football on. My questions are: 1. What do people recommend the Beergun or a counter pressure bottle filler? 2. How long will a beer last in the bottle when bottled from a keg with a...

Tell me how you guys dry your hops and when you know they are ready to bag and freeze.

5 gallons of Apple wood smoked porter 5 gallons of IPA

Just the opposite for me. My beers give me a nice buzz and very little after effect the next morning. If I drink a sixer of Coors all I do is pee all night and Shyt all morning. Not to mention the headache and stuffed up head.

O.K. So I sat down and had a couple of homebrews with the former owner/brewmaster of Siletz brewing today and he gave me a few tips about the spruce ale. 1. Wait until the tips are about 3 inches long and only use the light green area. 2. Only use in the last 10 to 15 minutes of the boil. He...

Please let us know how it turns out. We could maybe do some tweaking to that recipe based on your thoughts.

Ok, So I am going to go harvest a bunch of Sitka spruce shoots for my next beer and I have been working hard to come up with a recipe but I am stumped. My thought was that I would brew an all grain amber ale with a light hop addition and try to pick up most of my bittering flavors with the...

Amen, starsan is a lot easier to clean up than sticky warm wort!