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Since you asked.... To up the SG we use Old Orchard apple concentrate. If you do use concentrate make sure it has no preservatives. We also add some acid blend, some tannin for backbone, and a teaspoon of pectic enzyme to help clear the haze. The bottle conditioned stuff we do is bone dry...

Excellent! I will try this. thanks

Ack. Heineken in the US isn't even a third world beer. And it's what Delta has as their premium beer. I got bumped to first class last week and had a choice between Heineken, Corona, Lite, and Blue Moon... Had a wine instead.

Talked to Bill at Brightonwoods Orchard and while they do grow some "spitters" - cider apples - they are all allocated to the ÆppelTreow, their onsite cidery. They will sell their drinking cider bulk for $5/gal which save a couple bucks/gal if you drop off your carboy/bucket the weekend...

Hey guys, just joined the forum in the hopes of finding others in SE Wis who are interested in finding a good source of juice. We want to find something with more character than sweet drinking cider, although that's what we're using now with pretty good success. I'd like to get cider that is a...

Quick intro - We (my daughter helps out sometimes, both brewing and drinking) brew dry cider and sparkling apple wine - could be described as "apple champagne" - and occasionally a batch of beer. Getting started on cider now and thinking of trying a dry Irish stout with nitro in a couple of...