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perhaps a table spoon of sugar with a 1/2 teaspoon on ec118 to the secondary then bottle condition once cleared?

Just added 1 cup of water with 1 cup DME melted it and put it in 1 gallon of cider.....issue is I decided to add 1 pound of honey too....Well once all was mixed in an instant head formed. Even in my hydrometer flask I have a 1/8 inch head....Problem is I can't get an accurate reading with all...

I came back to this thread to say I just figured it out LOL. 1/2 teaspoon should be plenty. Now to figure out the DME part.

I made a 1 gallon batch of black cherry apple cider. I used 1 gallon of apple juice with 32oz of 100% black cherry juice. I sampled it still the other day it taste amazing! I back sweetened with glycerin which smothed it out and gave it a bigger mouth feel. the ABV was 9.5 percent. Cant wait to...

I have a pack of Safale S-04 I usually only make small 1 gallon batches of cider and for that I use EC 1118 But I keep thinking it would be cool to use the pack of safale S-04 and maybe throw in some extra light DME. The thing is I have no idea how much Safale S-04 to use in a 1 gallon batch of...

I was just about to make a thread saying I was going to try out making apple Jack. Im going to make a gallon batch of cider at about 12-15 ABV. Im not sure what it will reduce down to im thinking probably about 4th? 3rd? so 1 gallon of cider will yield about 320z-48oz of Jack. Not sure, never...

man you guys get carbonation in a week? Maybe my house is to cold right now at 64 degrees F It took my last gallon batch took exactly three weeks. The first week I opened a bottle there was a tiny amount of carbonation that went still in 60 seconds. Week two was a bit more carbonation but...

I did something a bit unique on my cherry apple cider. This was just a 1.25 gallon batch 1 gallon of apple Juice and 32oz of pure cherry juice. I used carbonation tabs at bottling. Just before that though when I racked the cider in the bottling bucket I back sweetened with just a little over 2oz...

actually did some research and saw that some head space in the secondary is ok.....Its clearing fast as hell, I suspect it will be completely clear in the next 72 hours.....I cant believe how good it taste. Even at 11.29 ABV it taste very smooth like a $200.00 dollar bottle of white wine.

I racked the cider to the secondary today. It toped out at 0.992 giving me 11.29% ABV It taste amazing very smooth! But the secondary only filled up to 3/4 of the way I have a good bit of head space....I have heard that you cant have alot of head space in a secondary....So what do I top it up...

No Problems with it this morning. Im getting bubbles almost constantly and a fizzing sound like a soda makes when you poor it. I dont want to open it to see but I imagine its fizzing and moving about pretty good in there. So far I think I made a great choice in choosing a small batch of cider as...

Yep you might be right. I pushed the air lock further down and 10 minutes later its bubbling again. :rockin: crazy man.

Well this morning I have no bubbles at all. it is dead for some reason....weird. Is this normal? Guess i'll watch it today and see what it does. I just opened the bucket up to take a peak and it you can here it bubbling. Pretty laud. The seal might have a slight leak or something. I have one...

Graf? is that like a beer/ cider?

Ok Cool. I got PLENTY of head space. I did count on that. But I didnt think it would start so fast....Pretty exciting though. This is a brand new hobby for me. I have read up on the subject for months now and decided to try it out tonight. Thanks for wising me luck. I'll let you know how it...

Im attempting to make apple cider. my SG is 1.078 I used natural apple cider from the store with no added vitamin C. Its just straight apple juice. I added 2 cups of sugar. Im making a one gallon batch using ec1118 (gonna be DRY!) I used pectic enzyme and yeast nutrient correct dosages for both...