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Well after only 7 days I made the 5 day cider. Check it before I kegged it , about an hour ago, and it's at 7%abv. I couldn't wait till it Got all the way carbonated. So after the third mug I remembered to post this . Any way pretty drink off my first coder and have to work in the morn so I'm...

It's cool. I looked at it this morning and it's cleared a little. No airlock activity at all. I'm goin to let it sit for another day. I'm to impatient, I'm drinking it Saturday!

Took a hydrometer reading last night. I went from an OG 1.08 to a FG 1.035 about 6.5% ABV. In 5 days. So I racked it into my bucket and stuck it in the fridge. All is well the the batch, and the taste IMO is great. Its kinda sweet, u can still taste the brown sugar a little an and almost all the...

Thanks for all the info. I think everything is ok. After just five days I went from 1.08 to 1.03!! That's about 6.5% abv. Just where I wanted it. its still a little sweet, the wife loves it event though it's flat. I'm going to cold crash it for a few days, keg it Friday, and have a party...

Well if its are on the glass, and not in the cider, do I need to roll the carboy around to get it off the side? Sorry, first cider.

Well, it smells good and I just tasted it. Still really sweet.

There is ring around the top? What is that?

And it was an 11 gram packet of yeast not 5

I think everything's good to go. Just took a a sample out and it had a gravity of 1.05. Still petty sweet. But didn't taste bad at all.

Well I'm going to keg this, so I'm going to keep an eye on it. I'll probly rack and cold crash at about 1.03-1.035, and force carb. That's about 6-7% I think? I'll just have to see how it turns out. I'm keepin my finger crossed

That makes me feel a little better about it. Not quite sure what I'm going for on my first batch. 4.5 gal treetop cider 4lbs dark brown sugar I stick of cinnamon, broken in half Nottingham yeast Lina of curious to know what it will taste like? OG was 1.075~1.08ish

Good to know, thanks! I was just a little worried after 12 hours nothing is really happening.

I must be the only one that botched this up. Put my Nottingham yeast in clean, slightly warm water. I gave it a couple of stirs, let it sit for bout a minute. Then bumped it I into my cider. My buddy that was there "helping" said rehydrate for 15 seconds. After pitching I realized it was...

Well you think it would have to help.... A little

I can second that note. I had to clear out a whole shelf of my wife's romance novels so I could put my home brew books in it.

As anyone ever tried to backsweeten a batch of cider, after racking into a keg, with AJ that has preservatives in it? Would this also help in keeping the yeast from fermenting any further, in the keg?

Will do. I'll start it in the next couple of days and let u know how it turns out.

Sorry this is so long. Im very new to this. I wanted to start a new hobby. As Much as i enjoy pretty much anything put of a pry off 12 oz. bottle, Brewing to me seemed like a logical fit. So I dove hard first, getting a home brew kit and a corny keg setup and went to work. The irish red...