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I made a batch of cider with macintosh apple juice I let it go dry it tastes ok but it smells like ass there is a sulfur smell. I didn't add any chemicals to it all I did was put ec-1118 in the 2L bottle and let it ferment out it fermented dry in 4 days. I racked it for 3 days and it...

I have a bad habit of experimenting. instead of reading all there is to know about mead, I thought Hey it's honey wine. so I started just that 1 kg liquid billy bee honey in 1 gal carboy topped up with water 1/4 tsp EC-1118 1/4 tsp yeast energizer 1/4 tsp yeast nutrient hydro says I...

thanks that's what I wanted to hear magic numbers

that makes sense thanks my only problem is the weather has been so hot even my basement floor is around 69 degrees

I have several 1 gal and 2 5gal batches on the go I started experimenting with coopers yeast I have 2 1gal apple cider with coopers yeast the rest have EC-1118 I have an infrared temp gun and all of my batches are at 72 degrees I'm still pretty new to brewing is this to warm to ferment...

does adding sugar really change the taste that much and if I'm using store bought apple juice do I really need the campden

I started a 5 gal batch of cider with apple juice I added 2 pounds of liquid honey and 2 pounds of sugar topped off with water (about 1.5 liters) I then added 5 crushed campden tablets how long do I have to wait to add my yeast what is the minimum time

oh oh with no replies I'm starting to worry

anyone used this in apple cider the wine center I go to has two choices coopers and EC-1118 so far I've only used the EC-1118 would using coopers make any difference?

anybody got a clue?

I read that you should rack after 2 weeks I'm just trying to get this right I make a batch of cider with a little added sugar and add yeast do I only leave it to ferment 2 weeks then transfer to rack even if it hasn't finished fermenting and let it finish fermenting in the rack if that is...

Just go to a car parts dealer and get a tire valve stem for mag rims the ones to that have a nut to sandwich the two rubber washers and drill a close tolerance hole in a 2l bottle cap the trick is to secure the cap on a bottle then drill so you don't damage the pop caps plastic seal then just...

well it was easier than I thought I can now max my gauge at 60 psi I took step by step pics and it took about 5 mins I'm not sure if the admins or mods would have a problem with me posting them and giving detail to the mods and admins please let me know if it is ok to post the pics...

it could be the extra 10 psi I do find the more sugar in the soda the more foam ie cream soda that could be part of it carbonated water doesn't foam up but thicker liquids do just for kicks I'd like to carb up a 500 ml bottle of milk to see how thickness affects the co2 release I also have...

all my carboys are in use right now i guess I'll let it run it's course now it should have a good kick to it when its done how do you oxygenate it? just by shaking it up

I just made a gallon of apple with honey the apple juice alone had a potential of 6% I added the whole container of honey then decided to see how much was in the container it was 1Kg of liquid honey... ooopps! I think it is a bit much I now have a potential 12% so my question is does honey...

I'm not sure about frozen concentrate but for 1 gal I used 1 liter of apple juice and thought it would be to much but it came out just nice if I were to guess I would say put 3 cans (thawed first) in and try it and add how ever many cans to taste from there thats 3 cans with out mixing them...

a hydrometer is a must to check fermentation the activity that you see when you shake it up is co2 coming out of the liquid it would be the same as if you filled your carboy up with pop the airlock would let out the co2 but if you shake it up it will speed up the process of expelling the c02...

that makes sense you've been a great help thanks may all your brews be great my friend

I carb mine @ 50psi in a two liter bottle and I get a geyser but if your getting good carbonation and no geyser I'd be happy to know what your doing I also put mine in the freezer to get it as cold as I can short of freezing so it absorbs co2 better