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Well, I racked into the secondary yesterday (3/3) and everything seemed fine. It smelled good and tasted good.

I do have little bubbles now that I have looked. Also, I had to add some water to the airlock... So something must be happening!:cross:

Yeah, I am still letting it sit, but I am going to rack it into a secondary before I bottle as well.

I have been brewing for quite a few years. I would not say that I am a pro, but I like to think that I know what I'm doing. I have an American Amber going in the primary at the moment. I brewed on 2/23 with a starting gravity at 1.036. I have not seen the airlock bubble since I put it in the...

The gravity is at 0.96. So maybe there is hope!

I have some cider that has been in a carboy for about 8 months, I did rack this from a primary fermenter after the initial fermentation died down. I was gonna bottle it, but the days turned to weeks, and the weeks turned to months. I just remembered it today, so I popped of the airlock and it...

No I didn't this year, I had to work :(

I am trying my first cider, I pitched ale yeast but fermentation did not start after 4 days so i pitched another packet of yeast and it took off. It's been fermenting for 3 days now, but it has a horrible smell of rotten eggs. I can smell it comming out of the airlock, and when I popped the...

I'm in the Hickory area.

I will put a thermometer by the garage door tonight as we are having some unseasonably cold weather and I should be able to gage it like a winter day. What temperature shoud I want to keep for lagering? I think that I will start this batch next month as temperatures should stay pretty chilly...

It will get below freezing in the winter here (I'm in North Carolina.) I do have a garage, but it is connected to the house, I would assume that it is probobly a few degrees cooler than the basement, but I doubt that it gets into the 40's.

I've been home brewing for quite a few years, but I have never brewed a lager. I would really like to brew a pilsner, but I really don't want to by any refrigeration equpment. My basement stays in the mid 60's through the winter and I was wondering if this would be an OK temp to try a lager...

David, Thanks for the advice, you've eased my mind about botteling. With the Woodchucks, I'm not necessarily wanting to copy the flavor, but more the character - I don’t want it to be like a sparkling apple wine, but more like an apple beer. Also, what do you mean by "straight cider?"

I've been brewing beer for many years, and I am now thinking about trying a hard cider. I've only ever had store bought stuff, and I do like the Woodchuck brand, as (to me) it has some beer characteristics. Does anyone have a recipe that resembles woodchucks that they would be willing to pass...