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Did you boil it first or treat it in any way or just use it straight?

Has anyone used water from the artesian spring in lynnwood to brew. I didnt think i would need to worry about my tap water but have noticed a heavier than normal chlorine taste & smell from the tap lately. Any info or experience would be great.

So have I jacked my beer by switching it over? Will it just be less flavorful or weaker?

I just saw that in a couple other posts. Both the instructions and joy of homebrewing talk about racking it over to the 2ndary in order to clarify and avoid "off" flavors. Does having it sit in the primary that whole time not impart off flavors from the trub?

well of course after posting this I found a crap load of posts regarding similar things. Suggestions are still welcome but I think I found what I should do. Let it age for 3-4 weeks in the secondary. Take readings at that point a day apart and make sure its stable. Then transfer to keg. Force...

Hello all, I'm in the middle of my first beer brew. I picked up everything I needed to brew earlier this summer but chose to do a cider first. It came out OK, not great but OK. As my first beer I chose a kit at the LHBS called rockin red. Ive been following the directions in the kit to almost...

Ok. Thanks for the reassurance. Just to make sure ive got this right....to bulk age let it sit in the 2ndary ferm with airlock for a couple weeks. Rack it over to something else every once in awhile to clear it up right?

Ok. So i just finished moving things along. After adding my puree yesterday i let it all sit for the night. Today i transferred on more time while screening out all the seeds, pulp etc. I wasnt sure if i should do it or not but i read somewhre that the pulp and seeds could give it an off taste...

Oh. And i am stove top pasteurizing the early bottles

I took a measurement today. If i read it correctly and with temperature correction it is 1.002. And the airlock had slowed to around one bubble per minute. So i went ahead and moved it over to 2nd ferm. Added the raspberry puree ( by the way it was not store bought, i made it from 5 lbs of...

Yooper- The orchard is called Deedon Lake orchard, it is right outside Turtle Lake, WI. On a side note, I'm assuming by your name you are from the U.P. I was born in Hancock. College Cider- THANK YOU! You must have been all kinds of bored. 4 gallons of the juice I used was 26g/ 8oz. The...

Looking to end up slightly sweet, not mouth pucker dry but not syrup or juice sweet. I do have a hydrometer, i just didnt realize i was supposed to take a reading before i started fermentation.

One more,........ i neglected to take an OG reading, because i suck and didnt read enough. Is there a way i can still approximate alc%?

Ok. Never brewed anything before this. My first recipe was destined to be a cider. ( my dad runs an organic apple orchard in n. Wisconsin/ unfortunately im not using his apples because i live in Washington) i used 4 gallons tree top apple juice and 1 gallon of "simply apple". I added 2.5 cups...

Excellent. Thanks. Is that 1 campen per pound or for the whole batch?

Hello, I am planning on making cider for the first time. I am going with a simple recipe of 5 gallons of apple juice ( pasteurized, no additives or preservatives) 1/2 cup of brown sugar per gal. My question is first, does it matter if the juice is " from concentrate" 2) I have read that I...