Search results

Day 2. Moving right along ! The raspberries are going nuts and the apricots are catching up. The blackberries are taking their time. Wonder why. Let's see what tomorrow brings!

Thanks for your recipe. I copied it down and used blackberries and changed it up a little. I made three batches: one like yours, one with apricots and one with raspberries. Figured I'd would experiment.

Yes. Do tell!

Please do. I'm going to try one with blackberries this weekend. Champagne yeast to make it a little tart. Any suggestions?

How sweet did it end up? Like cough syrup ? Or tart. I wonder if champagne yeast would dry it up a little

Fantastic advice. I imagine fruit is hard to get out of a carboy. I saw a blackberry recipe that sounded fantastic! I have been reading up on meads too. Michigan is so flooded with breweries that ciders and meads are overlooked.

Of course. Just don't know when to add them, how much and stuff like that.

I have been going through a ton of posts about adding fruit to the cider during fermentation to get some really good flavors. I have been thinking about using blackberries or peaches but does anyone else have any suggestions? Maybe even something for the holidays like cranberries? I am open to...

Fantastic. Thank you

Thank you

Yes I have read up on that too. I plan on doing on my stove or dishwasher. How soon should I pasteurize after bottling ?

Fantastic. There is a cider recipe on here that has Blackberrys that is going to be my first 5 gallon batch. Can't wait!

I will try that. I will add some to half of a batch and see how that works. Thanks for the lactose suggestion as well. I like dry but not crazy dry cider.

One cup sorry! I pound would be nutty. I read through a lot of recipes before I actually brewed anything. My friend is good at what he is doing but pretty tight lipped about his process.

I don't mind the sediment. Any advice on how to avoid sediment in the future? Thank you btw

I really like dry ciders. My friend seriously makes the best cider that is not very sweet at all and I love it.

I used qa23 for the yeast. I cup of white sugar.

Good morning. I am curious on how you get carbonation naturally. I have two 1 gallon batches going of store bought cider and one gallon from a cider mill as well. All three are a week in of secondary racking and I am looking to bottle within a week or two. I am just curious as to what my...