I planned on bottling all mine this weekend. I'll definitely do this one last and the other 2 first. It doesn't look too bad to me but then again this is my first batch and you guys are the pros.
Definitely dry, I got my fg a week or so ago. Just wanted to age them a bit more but fermentation...
Should I dump it or rack around it? It's only just forming and looks like mold in the secondary. I have 2 full gallons and calculated wrong so I wound up with this 3/4 gallon here with way too much head space. Figured I'd take my chance and this is week 3. I'd of course rather not dump it, I...
I made a similar one with a pill bottle instead, hot glue the lid upside down on it and it latches perfectly onto the air locks.
That being said, not a hint of scent came through. Took the lid off to rack on sunday and the rubber gasket around the ring stunk of the sulfur. Verdict: The carbon...
Maybe a dumb question, but has anyone substituted dextrose for table sugar when making this? I understand the changes in flavor but I don't have a HB store close and wouldn't mind saving a few bucks if table sugar would substitute with little to no bad effects.
Prices on dextrose are...
Don't get me wrong it tastes pretty good and I know that the taste does improve with aging. Racked after 2 weeks in primary. Planing on leaving it in the secondary for at least 3 weeks, maybe longer since I have 3 gallons split up into 3 1 gallon carboys.
However the taste was just a bit...
It's actually why I started the thread. When I pull them out the jagged edges you see there are actually smooth. I think sanitation on them will be fine as the rubber is still very smooth and not porous looking
Haha good, it's in there really tightly, I don't see a single space of air getting through. This just seemed so unorthodox that I had to ask.
I have to rack this weekend. Bubbles have basically stopped and my cider is ready to rack and I don't want it sitting on sleeping yeast for too long...
I ordered the small ones and they were a hair too big. Nothing I could get in and trust my i was trying my best. Now what I did (and I love to just get the peace of mind from you experts) was take an xacto and taper it off a little more as I noticed the rubber was pretty thick.
Do I just buy...
How did that Trader Joe's turn out? I was going to use that but I have a local farm that had fresh pressed.
I bought the Trader Joe's spiced just to drink regular yesterday and was incredibly disappointed. That is not to say it wouldn't make a good hard cider. The spices just tasted wayyyy...
Awesome, thanks guys. I'll definitely take the dawn/dish detergent route. I've used it for years on grease stains on clothes, shocking how great it works on clothes. Worst case scenario is that if I can't get it out completely I recycle the jug and start a new one. Just needed that peace of mind...
My dad had some left over Gallon jugs of Sangria he made (Carlos Rossi Jugs). That cleaned out well and I have oxyclean sitting in it for 8 hours now. That one is fine, not entirely worried about that.
The other one housed our Vegetable oil for our deep frier. I seem confident that with some...