Recent content by WildHomer

Bernardsmith, I will be using my bottling wand so ... yeah, the headspace that's left when I take the wand out is all I meant by the very imprecise " a bit." If this is the perfect amount, awesome! Based on the feedback here I'm just going to use regular bottles with standard caps. I'll avoid...

I've read a bunch of different threads on this but am still somehow unclear -- I'm probably just dense. I have 4 gallons of cider I want to bottle. If I bottle in capped 12 and 22 oz beer bottles how long will the cider keep? Am I at risk of oxidation, since there will be a bit of headspace...

This was my first all-grain attempt and it turned out wonderful. I figured I would have low efficiency on my first AG try, but actually ended up getting crazy good efficiency - something like 85%. Rather than water it down I decided to "settle" for a higher ABV beer. You mentioned that the...