Recent content by theburner

I did a search around to see if I could find anything on the original URL (Web archive, etc) and found the following site: http://tylertanton.com/homebrewing/ Scroll down a bit on that site, I have a feeling it might be the same content.

Okay, well after waiting a while (it's now almost 4 weeks total from the beginning of fermentation) the sulfur smell has dissipated. The cider seems to be coming along quite nicely. It's cleared up quite a bit, not crystal clear, but it's slowly getting better. Just took a gravity reading today...

Would cold crashing the carboy at the alcohol level I want slow down the yeast while at the same time allowing the sulfur smell to dissipate? I have a cold cellar that's temperature is 50 or below if so. I assume that a lot of the yeast would drop out of suspension like it did to the sample I...

Hmmm. So due to rhino farts, and it being best to wait 6+ weeks for that to dissipate I've kind of backed myself into a corner on this one right? I'm assuming that by that time the yeast will have eaten all of the sugar and I'll have a dry cider correct? Leaving me to either just bottle dry, or...

Thanks for the reply Snackerton! Ya aeration is one thing that I didn't do any extra on. The only aeration it got was collecting the pressed juice in a pail, then transferring to carboy via a funnel with strainer. I did add the recommended amount of pectic enzyme, so I guess it's just a matter...

Hi Guys, Working on my first ever batch of cider right now. I have about 5 gallons in a glass carboy I pressed from a collection of various apple trees. I'm shooting for a sparkling sweet cider and planning to bottle pasturize. The OG was 1.054, I immediately put in potassium metabisulphite...