Recent content by va1mar

Thank you podz, you've been very helpful. I think i'm going to aim for 8% for my first batch, and hope that it's ready for my Dia de los Muertos gathering. After that I'm going to experiment with higher alcohol contents, and aging.

what do you think is the maximum alcohol content I can put into this "cider" and still expect a good flavor?

So if I add 25 cups of sugar or roughly 6000 grams I can get my apple juice to 20%?

This is exactly the kind of answers that I wanted, thank you.

I don't know the optimal amount of sugar to add to the apple juice for high alcohol yield. Nor how much water should optimally be in the sugar to be added. And the best way to activate the yeast. And when exactly to rack, and then to bottle. And finally how long they need to be bottled till...

I'm rather new to home brewing. Tried a kit from spikeyourjuice.com a few times to expiriment with various fruit based alcohols. Decided that I liked everything about the process and invested in everything that I thought would be useful. I bought a gold homebrew kit...