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  1. V

    cider shine?

    METHANOL: Boiling point is 148F (64 C) Melting point is -144F (-98 C) ETHANOL: Boiling point is 173F (78 C) Melting point is -173F (-114 C) So yeah, if you managed to freeze at about -200F, then your heads would be the ethanol you want, but you wouldnt get any of the apple flavors and leave...
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    High Gravity/My First Cider! Hi homebrewtalk!

    The meta seems to have done it by now. There's just CO2 trapped in the bucket i think. I went and bought a can of cranberry/raspberry concentrate and 2 cans of apple juice concentrate. I'll thaw tomorrow, add to the mix, and then bottle!
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    a few questions from a new guy

    Don't add raspberry until you move to secondary. Usually, one moves to secondary when fermentation stops. You seem to have slowed, but you need to go get a hydrometer. Take a reading every day, and if you get 3 days in a row of the same reading, no budge, then you can rack to secondary. At this...
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    High Gravity/My First Cider! Hi homebrewtalk!

    shameless bump.
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    High Gravity/My First Cider! Hi homebrewtalk!

    Hello all, I'm new here. So I started a batch of cider on 8/07/12. 4 gallons apple juice 4lbs (yes, 4 pounds - which i've now learned is a lot) of brown sugar Lalvin EC-1118 champagne yeast OG 1.092 I realized this would end up being a wine if let fully ferment down to about .990...
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