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Well, I got a batch going today! I stuck with Eds recipe to a "T"....just cut it in half due to my space restrictions..... Really excited about it! I love dry red wines...and I love ciders.....for that matter I love beer too! Anyways....I am hoping that Mrs. Stonedog will like it too, that...

Rod, You are correct! Except I dont have the space! For a 5 gallon or all of the bottle in the fridge! LOL!

Well, I am down to my last 10 bottles of my first cider that I have ever made....and am going to get another batch (apfelwein this time) going next week....but.... I just had to go buy another 3 gallon glass carboy....that way I can be bottling and brewing at the same time.... Can you say...

Well, I am drinking my fist batch of cider so quickly that I thoght I had better get a second batch going so I can have something to drink around New Years! So....I stopped by my local HBS this evening and bought 4# of dextrose and a few packets of montrachet wine yeast....gonna get a batch of...

OK cool! I will just let it get done fermenting in the main fermenter. Clear in that jug. Then add 1/2 tsp priming sugar per 12oz bottle, when I bottle. Let that sit for about two weeks. Put in fridge (which will stop the fermenting in the bottles right?) Sound 'bout right?

I am wanting it slightly carbonated though.... If I rack it to another 3 gallon jug.....how much sugar do I add and how do I cap that jug?

OK, my cider is perking along nicely....and I have a decison to make....well actually I made it but have questions! My secondary fermentation is going to be coming up in the next few weeks...and I have always done this in the bottles...but this was when I "brewed" in my Mr. Beer. But I dont...

All- After I get finished with this first batch of cider I thought about making a couple gallons of mead...I have a recipe to try... I was wondering what kind of yeast to use?? Ale yeast? lager yeast? champagne yeast? Wine yeast? I want something sweet (ish)....

Well, its been 24 hours.....my cider is still on top of the roll top desk....I took a temperature reading.....67.3 degrees F......should be 'bout perfect! :mug:

Well....I did move it! LOL! To the top of my roll top desk (its a BIG honkin chunk o' furniture)....I took a temp reading there and it read 69 degrees..... Actually, it was the wife's idea.... But she still thinks I am a bit odd to watch juice bubble and get excited over it!

Well....I got it going today! 2 gallons of pasteurized (NO preservatives) apples juice...with 4 cups dark brown sugar......about 3 grams of Ale yeast! I am fermenting in a 3 gallon glass carboy. I mean ya only live once and life is toooo short to drink or brew cheap cider and beer....am I...

Well.....speaking hypothetically...... If I were to do my second carbonation in my 12oz (new) bottle....for a lightly carbonated cider......something like strongbow cider for an example. What amount would you recommend per bottle?? Also....after it starts bubbling in the primary...will...

Well, I said what the hell, and bought a 3 gallon glass carboy! You only live once and besides...I LIKE drinking cider! Now, I always have done my secondary in the bottles with beer....in glass no less...and my house is a constant 65 degrees...in the fall winter and spring...no explosions as...

Well I am getting ready to start my first batch wednesday... My recipe: 2 gallons pastuerized apple juice...NO preservatives.... 4 cups dark brown sugar 1/2 packet champagne yeast I plan on first fermentation in a plastic fermenter....a 5 gallon water jug...like ya use in a water...

All- Hello! Sorta a new guy here....I have brewed a few batches of beer in my Mr. Beer that my mother in law bought for me as a wedding gift 6 years ago...was never truly satisfied and was not able to buy a real home brewing kit.... So I thought I would wait until I could....then I...