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When I first got into homebrewing a little over a year ago, I knew I wanted to make a hard cider. Fast forward to last Saturday when I happened to be at a local orchard where they had freshly pressed cider for sale. Fast forward just a little bit further to see me wearing a stupid grin walking...

Agreed. There is no name more appropriate than Monster Mash. Make it so.

Thanks for the feedback, that all makes sense. I think for my rig I'll stick with two primaries to start. Cheers!

If she's still fermenting, I'd leave her be. RDWHAHB

I'm no expert (just did my first batch last night) but I think you'll need to back sweeten the cider or stop fermentation before it's complete (the latter being more difficult - especially with the volume you're working with). Look for a sweetener that is non-fermentable. This thread has some...

I'm getting ready to order my first kegging system (done with bottles) and had a question around Primary and Secondary regulators. I've done general Google searches as well as searching this forum and I'm still not 100% clear on a few details. My understanding is that secondary regs sit...

Two years ago, it was a blast. I'm thinking last year was a fluke. Can't remember if you get a bracelet or not. Your ticket gets you a 3oz sampling glass, a bottle of water, and 20 tickets. Each ticket gets you a sample. Two years ago the vendors were pretty lax about actually taking the...

I'll be there. Hoping more of the breweries turn out this year - was a little disappointed last year with the no-shows.

Agreed. Definitely wouldn't do an open fermentation for 8 weeks.

I'm pretty new to this as well, but with your gravity being 1.010 I'd say bottle it and sit on it for 3 weeks and then see how it looks.

My buddy and I just did our first batch last night and kept a list of lessons learned. 1 - If you don't like foam in your sanstar, don't add the water to the cleaner. Fill with water then add cleaner. We started with 2 gal water, threw in the sanstar, then topped it off. 2 - If you let...

I came back from working in the theater for a few hours to find my yeast had taken insult to my question and was blowing the top off the carboy. Those little guys are kicking serious butt! Cannot wait to taste this batch! Thanks to all who replied!

Thanks Revvy, we weren't panicked, just curious why it looked that way. Grinder, the attachment uploading tool rotated the image and I haven't figured out how to rotate it back. The carboy is vertical and the sediment is horizontal across the bottom. I've put a piece of tape at the bubble...

Greetings! I apologize for my first post being a beginner question, but I'm hoping you all will forgive me. ;) My buddy and I had made a deal that as soon as one of us had a garage, we would get into homebrewing. I just moved into a place with a garage and we wasted no time getting to work...