Recent content by triktrail

Hi all, This thread is for gathering thoughts and observations on my first batch of cider. I have appreciated reading others' reports and wanted to contribute something in return. Experience Three prior attempts at beermaking back in 2017, all 1-gallon batches. First one had an infection that...

Thanks, everyone, for the replies. It fermented for three weeks and then two weeks in the bottles. First bottle was refrigerated for just a few hours before opening. There is still one bottle left in the refrigerator so maybe after a week or two it will be less fizzy. There's a large milky...

Hi all, Last night I opened my first bottle from the first batch and the fizz came gushing out. It was around 85% foam. I believe up to 45% too much priming sugar was used (7 tsp of cane sugar total for five 22oz bottles) but was this really enough to cause such a rupture? This was a pale...