Recent content by Wineaviator

Ours never makes it that far, glad to see someone has patience. ;-) This is our go to cider and I add 1-2 cups of beet sugar to a 5 gallon batch. I take Apple juice and warm it over the stove and add the beet sugar to it until it’s completely dissolved in solution then add back to the cider...

Ive been brewing this for a couple years now and I ‘d like to add my experience with it for those that have tried it or like ciders. I brew the same cider almost exclusively since I found this recipe, having been in England for work many times I can echo the reports from others that US ciders...

I live in Alaska and we dont have asccess to much fresh juice, and when we do its expenisve. I have been making ciders based on one of the popular recipes here and using the costco brand juice, adding some tea and lemon juice for tannin and acid, again following some of the guidelines that a...

So after the primary was complete I got 1.002 for a FG, which I thought was good. THe nose has some honey notes and barely perceptible hops, but the ginger punch is lacking (please note that I have not added the ginger to secondary yet) but I am getting a kinda of bitter taste up front, almost...

SO I placed and order with these folks yesterday, and the shopping cart got stuck in this do-loop and never really completed the order. I got an email from their 3rd party vendor that the charge had gone through, and it has been placed as a "temporary hold"on my cc. FIguring there was some...

So I wonder how they Jack Daniels smoking chips you can buy for your smoker would work on this? Also, how's the sweetness after the AJC being added? Looks like a good one How long are you letting it sit on the Oak Chips?

Thanks so much, I will see if the LHBS has German Pale vs US 2 row, not sure. I know they have English 2 row, and I am still learning the differences. All I know is that I get to CGN for work from time to time and I love the Kolsch. I tried a Extract version, is stunk to be quite honest. I've...

So I'm relatively new to all grain, if I wanted to down size this recipe to 5 gallons AG or 10 gallon AG, would the ratios remain linear? Not sure if the OP is still subscribed to this thread but I'd really like to give this a try, as I have not made a very successful Kolsch to date. Any...

7 Years after the OP published this and it is still popular. I made this yesterday and it's bubbling away as we speak. I did the AG version, and to be honest I was worried about the size of the grain bill, but it came out very nice (prior to fermentation) there is PLENTY of ginger in the recipe...