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mine was 1.014 from a FG of 0.999 after the caramel sauce and 2 1/2 cans of AJ concentrate, but that was a touch on the sweet side for me, will probably do 2 cans + sauce next time

About two weeks into drinking my first batch and I must say the recipe is pretty damn awesome. Already started a 2nd batch in primary and the only things I would change is I would dial back the sweetness a little and add a little more cinnamon extract. I used the caramel syrup and 2 1/2 cans...

I also picked up a tip from the guy who runs my LHBS, I leave the bottling bucket on the counter with the spigot sticking over the side, but instead of using the entire hose I only use about 1 1/2 inches to join the bottling wand to the spigot and fill the bottles by pushing up on them with...

***to clarify my above post I was using the kitchen thermometer inside the uncapped extra bottle to get an accurate temperature for the liquid inside the bottles...sorry for lack of clarity

My $.02 on the pasteurizing experience... Made a batch of UpStateMikes Caramel Hard Cider about 4 weeks ago. SG of 1.068 and FG of 0.990. At 3 weeks in primary I bottled and back sweetened with caramel sauce and 2 1/2 cans of AJ concentrate. Bottled gravity of 1.014( a bit sweeter than I...

Just bottled my first batch of this 2 says ago and have 2 comments... First, had no trouble mixing the syrup, but I kept it and the aj concentrate mixed together and warmish on the stove(110-120f)...little gentle stirring after racking to the bottling bucket and it mixed perfect Second, the SG...

Just moved back to the east coast last fall(North Jersey), but grew up in DE, born in Wilmington, Little League in the MOT league, middle and high school in Smyrna, and graduated from Caesar Rodney in 1990. My parents still live in Magnolia, and I get down there now every few months so the kids...

I've just started brewing in the last month so I've been reading everything I can get my hands on and asking anyone I know if they know anything about homebrewing or have any friends that homebrew. ...Anyway, I get to a guy I work with today and he starts telling me that he and a few friends...

Not sure if it specifically counts as funny about beer or as just funny and said by people drinking too much beer... Was watching some cable show a couple of nights ago and I heard one of the most ominous phrases in the English language.... A drunken redneck saying, "Hey, hold my beer a...

Just starting out myself and the best thing I've seen so far is "How to Brew" by Palmer...just google Home brewing or How to brew and it comes right up...he hits all the basics in a concise, coherent way tag even I can understand...and it's free! Good luck

I would of had to say, "Yes, yes it is, exactly like that one", and laughed out loud at least once a day for the next week when I tried to picture their faces after opening it.:D Immature, I know, but some people are just beyond educating. There was a wine bar near my old house in AZ that...

Several years ago, when my wife and I were still dating she took me by her dad's house to meet him for the first time. He's a BMC kind of guy who drinks something with pretty much every meal. You'd think I'd want to make a good first impression here... Anyway, she introduces me and he asks...

Not sure if you're still traveling to the area, but I moved to Randolph about a month ago and in my quest for a good local beer spot found the Morris Tap and Grill. A "gastropub" with 24 beers on tap and another 100 in bottles, knowledgable bartenders, and a former "Chopped" winner running the...