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You guys been very helpful so thank you for input :)

Allright boss. I will back sweeten it. I was under impression certain yeast go dormant if there is too much alcohol. I've used Champaign, up to 18% abv. Doesn't bread yeast stops like at 10-12 abv? I guess what i'm asking if i can get to final gravity of semi sweet or sweet. Then i don't have...

Wooooo......i just poured another 2 glasses after 13 days and Cider is DRY. Oh my lord. Champaign yeast is steroids yeast. Not doing that again lol. I needs some yeast that stops on it's own at sweet or semi-sweet gravity. I can't do too dry. This is dry. What's worst, the longer it goes, the...

I think that is what i will do, 2 lbs/gallon. I would hate for honey notes not to be present in Cyser and for Cyser to taste more like my Cider. I understand more sugar = more alcochol and not sweetness, but i want those honey notes to be present and if possible very strong notes. I also have...

Thank you. Yes I also have 365 Whole food brand of juice. Bought it cause 1G car boys are free then. Bought 2 gallons so will make 2G of Cyser. I'm not going to be adding any sugar. I was just thinking of bumping honey to 2lbs total of Costco wildflower honey per gallon. I'm also switching...

All spice is in powdered form. I was thinking 1/4 tea spoon per gallon and that's it. Or just ditch any spices and make it pure Cyser. I'm still thinking of using 2lbs of honey instead of 1.5lbs. Everyone's recipe is calling for 2 and even 3 lbs of honey. Seen it even 3lbs of honey and 1lbs of...

Thank you. I've ordered All spice. I also have cinnamon sticks on hand. I'm debating in my head if i should use it. Fro exp. I don't like Captain Morgan Spiced. But apple pie sounds good to me. I'm just afraid I, with emphasis on I, will ruin it and make it undrinkable if spice don't come out...

Cool. I just got some of that Classic yeast. I'll try them out. I got 20 of them now. Blanc and classic. If you or anyone want to trade few for few i would be interested. At least i didn't use bread yeast at first hahah.

That looks fantastic!

Nice. I plan on eventually getting 3G glass car boy. I don't think i'll need anything bigger. But first obviously i want to try small batches. It's better to screw up small batch then huge batch, especially with honey being expensive and all. Plug total sum of all ingredients in big batches...

Makes total sense as there is more material to dissipates into more material. I tried to measure sugar in grams as it's very precise but 1.75L bottle was at lowest measurement grading and I sort of eye balled it a bit. It's within few or teen grams so it's NOT a big deal but you never know. I...

Looks delicious! Nice you have kirkland's honey. lol. To be honest. I have no idea to what i will like. It's my first brew ever. I guess i will have to try and see. As long as it's not terrible i think i will be alright. I will just start with 1.75L bottle and play around with that and see what...

I'm going for 12-14% and Maylar said to add 1.5lbs of honey to apple juice. If all go to 18% than i may as well use Premier Blanc no? I'm just trying to avoid it from going to like 0.99x something and be super dry. Mind it that i'm still newbie so i may not know what i'm talking about. It's a...

Cote seem similar to Premiere Blanc, no? I'm trying to get the yeast to die or go dormant at ~14%. Then i'll carbonate it with some sugar or juice, bottle it and pasteurize it in cooler @ 180F Would seedless raisins as nutrient do the job?

@Mylar. Thank you. Question. So obviously i want some residual sweetness in mead and i've been looking for some yeast recommendation. The Champaign (premier blanc) yeast i bought i expect it to go bone dry as it's yeast on steroids. I dunno. We'll see. I have found Montrachet that is up to 14%...

Thanks a lot boss. Any links to good recipe? The honey i have on hand is Costco's Kirkland Wildflower honey 5lbs bottle. Any good? It's medium on pallet and color. It says honey is from Argentina. 1.5 lbs of honey. Even better. I can save some for my teas hehe.

Good morning guys. I bought 365 Whole foods brand apple juice, 2 gallons. I have 5 lbs of honey. So i guess it will be 2.5 lbs of honey/gallon? + apple juice. I will have hydrometer by then. I would like to make mead from that base. Any good mead/cyser recipe you can recommend for me? I also...

Cool. Thank you. That's a good way to taste new taste before going with the whole thing.

Cool. I'll try that first. I have 2x 1 gallon car boy and 1x 1.75L bottle, which is 1/2 gallon so that one will go in fridge for taste.

Sorry for noob questions. I just don't want to mess up my first batch. It's too much liquid to waste. Thank you and have a great weekend.