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This looks like a good recipe to add to the queue! I either need to start drinking more or start making 3 gallon batches lol.

Ended up getting my keg setup in before it was time to bottle, so I made this my first kegged batch and used the xylitol on a plain batch of cider I had come ready about the same time. Backsweetened with 2 cans of frozen apple juice concentrate. Tastes great IMO, but I agree with others that the...

Isn't the idea of genetic material transferring between grafted plants Lysenkoism?

Got a FG of 1.006, which puts me at a calculated 6.5% ABV. Currently cold-crashing at 35f for 24hrs prior to gelatin fining. Smells apple-y, looks like beer. Definitely dry and bitter right now, but I'm confident it will improve with backsweetening.

Bottled on 12 March, 13 days of fermentation total. FG was 1.014, which puts the ABV at 3.4%. Lower than I want but like I mentioned previously, I topped off with about a gallon of water and forgot to mix before taking my OG so I'm pretty sure it's higher than that. Plus it smelled and tasted...

Wow, the amount of fruit it takes to add a lasting flavor is insane. I guess I'll forget about adding the 1lb of frozen berries I have to any batches lol.

Sad, Trappiste ale is my favorite beer style. But I suppose as long as the recipes are faithfully follow by secular breweries we can still get the same product, sans the logo.

The fact that homebrewing isn't economical seems to be a running joke. But this recipe looks like it actually could be, considering that the stores where I live charge $25 for a 4-pack of 12oz bottles of Delirium! Might make this for my next batch.

Brewed this up today, followed the recipe exactly exactly save for doing BIAB and adding 2oz of torrified wheat (I like bubbles, and what harm could come of this?). Got an OG of about 1.057, pitched Nottingham at 68F. Depending on when my kegging kit arrives, I'll either be kegging and...

That is very true, but then it wouldn't be bubbly which I really prefer in a cider :(

How important is your choice of yeast? Have you tried other types? I need to get a kegging setup so I can try recipes that use normal sugars for back sweetening. Bottle carbing really limits my options.

I'm about to make this recipe for the first time this weekend. The OP states: ".5 lbs of Crystal 60L If you use cheap store brand juice, I reccomend 120L. Cheap juice tends to turn out a tad tart and this will balance it." I am in fact using cheap juice (Great Value brand) but didn't notice the...

Started a 5.5g batch last weekend, BIAB. Made no ingredient modifications to the recipe. Mashed at I think 158 (had thermometer issues) and got an OG of 1.040. I'm not super confident that my OG is accurate because I topped up with about a gallon of water in the carboy before I took my reading...