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I went blueberry with part of my last batch, but I did it the lazy way. Had my cider exactly where I wanted it, then bottled 2 growlers with 1.5 cups of flash frozen blueberries in the bottle and topped them with my cider. Now they sits and I waits. :) I have had a small taste (about a week...

Good info Marley! Never knew that about the nutrient; I learn something every day!

The last batch I made for jacking (by accident, of course) had an OG of 1.12. I used EC1118 and let it go all the way. My fortification was honey and a lot of brown sugar (I have the notes and recipe somewhere) -which gave me about a 16% jumping of point. I ended up doing a scrape process in...

I've never done a kit either, but I second throwing in some nutrient from your LHBS (if you have access). You might even want to see if they have some of the same yeast and throw a bit more in; it really can't hurt at this point.

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My standard recipe base is 5-6 gallons of juice and 3 lbs of honey. I always pitch enzyme a day before (now) and I always add nutrient. It has always smelled great while doing its thing. Mine is almost always drinkable right away though...maybe a tad green, but I don't usually let it go all of...

Well, it is in the Carboy bubbling away. Everything pretty much went according to plan, although my O.G. was a touch higher than I thought it was going to be (1.055)- but that's really not a problem. :) Hopefully we'll get a nice balanced kolsch style beer to quaff in time for Easter when my...

Ok, so after the 2 quarts is mashed, then what? add it to my full boil for the 60 minutes or set aside and add it to the fermentor with everything else?

Right on, sounds good. I actually did pay some attention while doing my aluminum pot "break-in" boil. Looks like my boil off is somewhere around 1gal/hr as well. So we will see where we get on Saturday. As for my recipe, its seems to be a bit of a "it takes a village" process! Everyone on...

It is perhaps not the correct technical terminology, but I know people toss it around as such and have experienced off flavors from "overexposure" to light. I personally have never had the issue, but I have also never afforded my cider the opportunity to find out.

Thanks for the advice! MY LHBS guy set me straight on that today too! :) So at this point I think I have my recipe; Steeping 30-45 minutes 1lb of Vienna malt .5lb of german wheat malt 60 min boil 6lbs of Pilsen LME 1lb of Pilsen DME 2 oz of Saaz hops for 60min I was able...

I think day 10 you should take a reading; you should be right in your wheelhouse (or pretty close). What is your plan for it carbonation-wise? At the 1.01-12 range it should be slightly sparkling, so if you can't cold crash it, you should pitch your kmeta and Ksorbate to stop the yeast ( I...

That is right in line with what I have been thinking for a recipe; pilsner extract, munich grain and saaz or hallertau hops and kolsch yeast. Thanks for the confirmation. Also a 90 minute boil because of the pilsner extract correct?

Yeah same in the cider world, keep it out of the dark, it can get "light-struck" which can produce off flavors. I wrap mine in a heavy blanket most of the time, my garage floor is usually in the low 50s so it tends to keep my ciders fermenting in the low 60s.

From my experience, you should be good. Day 9 or 10 you should be right where you want to be. Are you planning on a cold crash or just direct to secondary? I just did one at 1.01 (similar temp) and that was about the timeframe with just slightly higher OG (1.068) but I cold crashed it then...

1.030! holy crow! I just kegged a Cider/Cyser at 1.011 (7.7%) and its almost too sweet for my taste- I definitely prefer it a tad dryer than that, so I am currently crashing the next one at 1.006. Next time I buy some Magners I am gonna test it....

I don't mind the acid additives or even natural apple; I understand that- Its always the "other flavors" caveat that catches my eye; especially on what is supposed to be a straight or dryish cider.

Right on, sounds like I have a good place to start. Thanks for your time and info!

so is there a big difference between a partial boil and a full boil in your end product in general or is it dependent on the style of beer? Is there a saturation level issue or anything? I definitely plan to start simple; eventually I want to be able to brew Helles style (my favorite- being...

A large majority of the population here use store bought juice both clear and pulpy(cloudy american "cider") Primarily, I believe, like me they don't necessarily have access to a local fresh press orchard and don't have the time or energy to press their own. That being said, you can always...