Recent content by Ritsuko Akagi

I have a small batch of cider I was going to bottle today but I noticed there is still some bubbles. Looks like a carbonated soda. I took a gravity reading and it is at 1.000 maybe 1.002. So it should be done right? Is is safe to bottle ? do I still use the normal amount of priming sugar ? I...

I have been making cider for a little bit now, but never anything with beer or hops. I was wanting to make a hoped cider and was wondering what hops other would use. I when to my local homebrew store an picked out Centennial , Lemondrop and Vic's Secret. Because those all sounded good at the...

I saw that online, The amazon listing is a 6 pack so it is expensive but I can not seem to find that in my stores. might have to try the Ribena in a mead at first. I usually don't carbonate mead so I can test that to see how it works and if it kills the yest or not.

Inspired by a local brewery with a blackcurrant sour . I want to try to make a black Blackcurrant cider or possibly mead. But blackcurrant or blackcurrant flavor is very rare in the US. I don't know a good place to find it. I looked on amazon found this stuff...

Ok seems like It should be fine then. Thanks for the feedback.

I am trying to make my first batch of cider and every thing I read said fermentation should take about two weeks. I have my first batch of five gallons of cider The bubbling stopped after only about four day so I opened it up checked it today it was flat no bubbling. The initial gravity rating...