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Quick question for bottling: Will this carb in the bottle as is or will it still need to be primed?

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+1 on watching out for wild yeast and nasties having an opportunity to mortgage your wort before you pitching yeast does. Getting your wort cool also helps achieve the "cold break" that should help clarify your beer in the finish.

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Thanks pilgarlic! That looks about right with a couple of clarifications. Step 2 states that the powdered yeast should be added to the cooked and cooled rice. This may go without saying, but any excess water from the rice cooking should be strained off. I recommend using a rice cooker; it...

I want to share a great rice wine that I have had the pleasure of experiencing. Tuak is a wine made in Malaysia brewed from glutinous rice, sugar, and a blend of yeasts they call 'ragi'. It is typically made a few months prior to the Gawai festival and other special occasions. Traditionally...

Great, thanks for the assurance.

Thanks, freezeblade! I'm pitching a couple gallons of this tomorrow. I really love a dry English pub cider, so I'm really looking forward to this brew! I'm glad you shared it and glad I found it.

I'm starting a batch of cider this weekend. My ideal is to end up with as clear of a finish as I can manage; it is just a matter of preference. I have a few gallons of 100% organic bottled apple juice (Sprouts Organic Apple Juice) and it comes very cloudy (unfiltered?). There are no...

Starting off with Grahams English Cider this weekend for my first homebrew. :rockin:

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*Waves to forum* I'm Donnie in Arlington, Texas, and I'm a hard cider guy. I'm joining the forum here for the accumulated experience and information you all seem to share. My dad has brewed a lot of his own beer, meads, and wingin' it experiments since we lived in England (what seems like a...