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Just sweetening with the FAJC after stabilizing with K-Meta and K-Sorb. Then force carbonate in the keg.

Here's how I make mine: Roland's Quick and Lazy Hard Apple Cider

Hobbit and Slurms are spot on. I'd get keg lube and an O-ring kit for your keg. If you didn't remove the dip tubes and ball lock connections for cleaning and sanitizing, I'd gently remove them and the lid, cover the openings with plastic wrap, remove the old O-rings, clean and sanitize...

It's illegal to have more than 15 gallons at one time. They had more than 100 gallons.

I was in the back of my mind. Between sampling and overflow, I'd estimate about a pint of loss. That still leaves three quarts unaccounted for.

I am loving my Blichmann beer gun. This week I've bottled three kegs of cider to give away sampler six packs for Christmas. My question has to do with how much does a corny keg actually hold? I have three coke kegs converted to ball lock and the fullest one only gave me 44-12oz bottles. I know I...

I see. Thank you!

I'm curious, is there an advantage to using a siphon tank over a regular tank?

I decided, that for the cost and hassle, it was easier to buy the correct size secondary.

One can of FAJC per gallon. I made this to keg in a 5 gallon corny. I like having the extra to play around with and sweeten separately. I even gave my boss a quart, still and unsweetened, because he likes dry wines. I also have a carb cap and stone so I can carbonate it in a 2L bottle and try...

After drinking on this for a week is bled the pressure off the keg and siphoned a gallon of the unsweetened cider, I had set aside, into it. I pressurized it to 30 psi and shook it a bit to get it mixed. I left it for 48 hours to over carbonate. a bit. Today, I bottled 45-12 oz bottles off the...

I've converted three, so far. The shorter kegs, combined with the shorter profile of ball lock QDs, allow me to use my mini-fridge without any modifications. My LHBS has used pin lock kegs for $35 and I've been able to find the ball lock fittings for less than $10 on Amazon. I get a functional...

I'm up to 49, that's 17.5 more. 741 + 17.5 = 758.5

Another success in my search for simple and easy ciders. 6.5 gallons Northland Cranberry Raspberry Juice 2 Tbls Yeast Nutrient 1 Tbls Yeast Energizer 1 Pkt Lalvin D-47 Yeast 6 cups Morena sugar (for sweetening) 3 cups Northland Cranberry Raspberry Juice (for sweetening) OG 1.048 I put the...

I accidentally posted this in Beer Recipes, re-posting here to correct that. 5.25 gallons Great Value Apple Juice 1 gallon Old Orchard Tart Cherry Juice 6 tsp Yeast Nutrient 3 tsp Yeast Energizer 1 packet Lavin D-47 Original gravity: 1.051 Pitched yeast dry at 69 degrees I racked to...

I've been experimenting with store bought juice to find recipes that are quick, easy, and delicious. I've come up with two, so far, that taste great and that I'm sure I can repeat with ease. This is my recipe for a simple Apple Cider. I plan on tweaking it in the future by adding tannin and/or...

From: How to Silver Solder Stainless Steel The main thing to remember is to heat the metal, not the solder. (My useless college degree is in Metalwork and Jewelry.) Mapp gas might be a better option than propane, but propane should do the job. Trying to silver solder it is a relatively cheap...

I went ahead and spent the money for a Blichmann Beer Gun. It's made bottling from the keg a no hassle affair. I would recommend chilling the keg, as well.

We did Thanksgiving yesterday. Normally, we would have had sweet tea or water, but forgot to brew the tea. So, everyone drank my hard apple cider that had just finished carbing up. It was greatly enjoyed.

This makes sense, since water is not compressible. If a bottle is filled all the way to the top, all the over pressure would be immediately transferred to the bottle. Head-space acts as a buffer to absorb the over pressure.