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Awesome it's good to see some real data once in a while. Do you think a swamp cooler would keep the internal temps under the supposed "3 degree above ambient" mark?

Did you boil the apple juice?

OG of 1.169 for the 1 gal boil or of the 18 liters? That is a massive OG, 4 gal of cider should be around 1.050-1.070 or something. if DME contributes 43 pts/lb/gal, the 1 gal boil would have a gravity of around 1.086 correct? So combing 4 gal of 1.060 with one gal of 1.086 would result with...

Dry hop?

You can use a racking tube or auto siphon if you have one. For the cane just dip it as much as possible without hitting the bottom, plug the end with your finger and pull it out, draining to the hydrometer tube or a cup. Repeat this until you have enough for a sample. Or you could use an auto...

Yes the terms are confusing, The term "mash" is used when your grain bill has a base malt with some diastatic power that will help convert starches in the grain into fermentable sugar. Steeping a pound of crystal 60L typically gives you (Edit: some) ferment able sugar, that's why the ferment...

As long as you pitch enough yeast in your first brew. This would probably require more than a 1L starter to be able to pitch enough and save some for your next brew. Another alternative to reusing that same yeast is washing it once fermentation is complete, there is plenty of yeast after...

It's tough to say with the yeast, but I'm willing to bet that because you had vigorous activity within 4 hours the yeast is viable. I'd imagine your technique of collecting top and bottom yeast would make for a well rounded colony which seems to work great. So both those brews after the...

Yes was a 5 gal batch, The Kirkland AJ was good (100% juice, no Vit. C or anything else). The graf tatstes nice and appley already with a beautiful color. still a tad tart but after the first couple sips that wore off, I'd imagine that will age out, but most cider has a slight tartness. OG was...

Always wondered what it would be like to be a judge, guess I'll stick to judging my own less-cancerous beer!

Most of the sugar has probably fermented, but it could pry use some time to mellow. My cider stopped after about 5 days but I still let it sit for another 15 before touching it.

Have you looked at Wyeasts website regarding the strain you're using? Typically those esters and aromatic compounds are formed at higher temps then what you seem to be fermenting at (you said lower than 62 right?) They say the range is from 64-75F, maybe try letting things warm up on your next...

Just bottled my first batch of the original recipe using centennial and Notty. Used Kirkland sig. AJ and they didn't charge me for 2 gals so looks like it was a $25 batch woo! Anyways I remembered Costco has a really good apple, peach, passion fruit juice that is very mellow and delicious, was...

Practiced rinsing some Notty from the Secondary of a Graf tonight it went smoothly thanks to this thread! I'm planning on rinsing some 1056 (currently in primary) for a nice stout or something heavy. Got a pyrex 2L erlenmeyer that helps a lot. would have been wasting money on yeast I already...

I wanna know how the yeast left a perfect star in the middle, guess good beer is a better focus

Dark lager

VoDown, What did you get for a FG? Have you tasted any yet? Mine went from 1.062 to 1.010 after two weeks at 68F. I'm sure yours will be drinkable just won't have as much booze, some on the Graf thread complained theirs was too dry and not sweet enough finishing around 1.004-1.010. I'm...

I have read most of it and I've been wondering how it improves long term so thanks of the input I have some fermenting. I'll stash a case somewhere for..dare I say a year?

If you want fresh hop aroma I'd recommend adding the hops for the last 12 days of the two month age. The freshness will dissipate if you dry hop the first 12 days of a 2 month age. But yeah a month in primary then racking will be great.

I'm at day 3 and mine slightly stings my nostrils if I take a big whiff of my airlock, could be just CO2 but smells a little like sulphur as well. Considering the horrendous smell others have observed from their ciders I'm not too worried about mine, after the initial smell I can smell a...