Recent content by trippivot

hi guys and gals! I have 3 days in the primary fermenter what I call my PINK HAZE .. Took 3 years and many different changes and tweaks to get my palate to like it. basicly 1-2-3 simple so much simpler than my BEER! I like the brand Old Orchard for a concentrate without preservatives 10...

WHO told you alcohol content effects sorbate? it only a sweetner that is not fermentable.It also known as invert sugar. 2 oz per gallon will dilute into the fluid- more than that will be like eating syrup. ugh! I'd like to know what you have done to determine it was the yeast that made...

yep I pulled a couple pints out of the keg good! very good! the only thing it needs is lively bubbles! more waiting.

I have a 5 gallon batch in my corny keg that I made up on christmas.. I like that there are so many different ways you fellows make your ciders - some things I have never heard of... dry hopping and graff. wow. I use a 6 gallon primary bucket and a glass 5 gallon carboy as a secondary...

you might want to use yeast nutrient because even wild yeast does not live on sugar alone.

I have been brewing beer for many years but have only started ciders just a couple years ago. I had a similar inspiration to try to make it myself. My wife loves the stuff! I started simple and have changed my recepies as I went along.... always the same juice OLD ORCHARD brand and different...

I put the potassium sorbate in when I prime and keg. I have used some champ. yeasts that get very very dry. I have never had any problems with it killing the leftover cells to make bubbles and (fake) sweet in the final stages at the same time.

oh the excitement of being a new brewer! I remember when I stressed over the small details instead of relaxing. best of luck to your endeavor.

like the swill in hand from the king of advertising? thought not... ha!!

Hello to all out there in cyber land!! I am new here at home brew talk. seems there are a lot of us!! more than I expected!! that is great I am a self employed motorcycle mechanic also. if I'm not boiling up a batch I'm doing something in the garage. I like to buy sell fix tune race and...