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How much grounds do you use for these 2 cups? -Steve

Hmm, ok. Thanks for the advice. I think I'm going to let it sit then. It hasn't moved since I've posted, though there''s been little build up of lees. Anyone have an idea how long his would take to clear/age? And, once aging is complete, is there anything else I should do to it before I...

I'm normally a beer brewer but I've been experimenting with things like hard cider and lemonade (I also have some Arizona iced tea that I fermented, just to see what happened). Most recently I made a 1 gallon batch of mead. The recipe is very simple: 3 lbs of unprocessed clover honey a bit...

The cider is currently fermenting and seems to be doing so quite aggressively. I made a 2 cup starter with fleischman's baker's yeast and corn sugar. I also boiled half a sachet of the same yeast to provide nutrients and let that starter sit 2 days. Then I boiled a few (2-3) cups of sugar...

I know this thread is from three years ago, but sugar is not a mutagen. However, yeast (like all bacteria) go through generations far quicker than humans, so their evolution is accelerated. Many breweries won't reuse there yeast for more than 10 batches because it changes into something that...

Another question, how long should I expect it to take for my cider to ferment dry? I was hoping to make something about 10%ABV so I want an O.G. of at least 1.080. All I have available to me is bakers yeast so I'm making a yeast starter a day in advance with cane sugar, 2 cups of water, and 1...

Ok, thanks for the advice (though I may try it anyway since I already have the lemonade). I'm definitely doing a cider then, although I'm not sure what I could use for a secondary. If I were to carbonate it in bottles instead of doing a secondary would that be enough for the yeast to fall...

This looks really cool and I will be trying it in the future. However right now I am living in a college dorm (a AM of legal drinking age) and don't have the space necessary for such a procedure. I was hoping that with this much less sophisticated recipe that I could ferment the lemonade/cider...

The beer is has been bottle conditioned for 3 weeks now and it's a little flat and otherwise great! Thanks for the guidance, and cheers! :mug: -Steve

Beer turned out great and it's all gone! :mug: Thanks a lot to all those who helped it happen! Cheers -Steve

So I usually brew only beer but I saw some online videos that gave me some ideas for new projects. I want to make hard lemonade and some hard cider in what is probably the easiest way possible: buying preservative free lemonade/cider and adding sugar and bakers yeast (with a yeast nutrient of...

Could I use any of these above substitutes for the gaskets on y flip-top bottles?

Well that's some reassuring advice. Thanks to all repliers, I'll let youknow how it turns out!

Whoops, here are the images

So I was brewing my third batch of beer to date, an Imperial pale ale from a brewer's best kit. OG 1.079. After a week from brew day I opened the primary to take a reading and I saw some things on the surface of the beer that I hadn't seen before. I took a wiff and is smelled very vinegary and...