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I did one of mine at 1.020 to get it off of the lees and start adding some additional flavors with no problems. I plan stopping it right at 1.000, back sweetening, bottle carbing then stove top pasteurization.

Well, the Wal-Mart brand came out very bland, I'm adding some tannins, acid blend and some jarred strawberries in syrup (40 additional grams of sugar) in my secondary to try to get something palatable out of it . We shall see.

It's my new brother in law I'm getting into cider making. He lives in Minneapolis and has access to all kinds of apples including crab and one undetermined tree growing in his own yard that he says is cider apples. I'll have to update when I find out exactly what. He's on a flight home as we speak.

Thank you so much Gene, that's encouraging :)

Or just someone to tell me 10 grams of sugar raise the gravity per gallon. I want to add strawberries in the secondary to a crappy store bought apple juice I'm attempting a drinkable cider from. Already have plans for tannin and acid blend to save this toilet water.

Racked into secondary last night using one of those big mouth gallon jars with the plastic lid and airlock combo ( I had to wrap electrical tape around it to stop CO2 leakage but it'll be nice for adding the oak beans and whatever else I choose). That made it a full 7 days in primary, hard...

Well, here's the thing....i don't have a press yet. And I say yet lightly because I may not get one. I'm actually a beer drinker with the budget right now of an inmate at the state pen. My wife can't drink due to medical reasons and all of the people whom I know like cider, I don't like enough...

Okay cider gurus, I have a question. I've made a cider apple connection that is 1200 miles away. The problem is that fresh apples weigh a ton, are perishisable and so is just the juice. How about if he dehydrates them, and I use store bought juice and just add the dehydrated cider apples in...

It has begun to clear relatively quickly in the last 48 hours so tomorrow I'm going to rack to secondary. Wish I could do it today but if I'm late to my wedding, my bride may get agitated.....no sense of humor, I swear.

Very compact, like EC-1118

Yeast started working within 6 hours or so and it's been bubbling away for 4 days now with almost zero krausen. As soon as it stops, I'll update again with some numbers when I pump to secondary.

Waiting on my first batches to go to secondary. But since you asked, I found a store that gets scratch & dent and sells them for fifty cents a piece. So right now I'm digging some Dales Pale Ale and Abita Peach Lager. Gotta love the free bottles too ;)

So a dozen or so apples for a gallon to try it out isnt a big loss if it turns into a decent vinegar.

This has gone off the rails of the original thread topic and I apologize. But I am insanely curious about how wild yeast does on its own. Being in lower Alabama, all of my apples at my local markets will have traveled a few thousand miles and probably picked up quite a few unwanted things on...

This is mine from a few years back. I hate starting over after losing everything, but at least I have the experience under my belt. Happy to be back in my addiction :) https://photos.app.goo.gl/kNKCpQ1YoEsIvp6I2

So due to the Great Deep Freeze '18, my next set of vessels and airlocks didn't arrive yet and Lord only knows when they will, so I improvised a bit because I'm impatient. Ingredients: 1 gallon Great Value 100% apple juice 1 cup white sugar 1 pack Brewer's Best Premium Cider I boiled the...

Super interested in the one that started on its own, please do keep us updated ;)

Lol, I'm going to start a few batches and will keep a log of it here for those who like me, couldn't find any info. Right now I'm being held up by a lack of vessels that are delayed by a snowstorm apparently.

Thank you! So glad to see a few familiar names like Yooper still here to guide us noobs !

So after finding a plethora of info of seemingly every yeast except this one, I decided it was high time to start a thread. It seems the little information I could find was all good, albeit dated in most cases. I was curious after purchasing a 3 pack off of Amazon, why more hasn't been said...