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I am using Nottingham Yeast for my cider. I mixed in my juice and sugar, gave the yeast 20 minutes or so to re hydrate and wake up. I had the normal tan looking slurry with plenty of yeast arroma. Then I got a bone head idea to to put the 5TSP of yeast nutrient in the mix. I pitched about 32...

Ok guys.. I winged my first batch of cider. Here is the recipe I used 4 Gallons of Whitehouse Premium Apple Juice (not from concentrate) 1 Gallon of Whitehouse Apple Juice (from concentrate) 5 TBSP Cinnamon (ground) 2 TBSP All Spice 1 TBSP Apple Pie Spice 2 Palm full of Crushed cloves...

Ok here is my carboy 24 hours after I pitched the yeast. The cruzen is coming up throught the airlock... This is an extract pumpkin ale kit. I added more pumpkin....lol What should I do?? Should I just replace the air lock with a fresh one in the morning? Let it calm down? I don't have a...

Am I off my rocker here? I don't have any bottling equipment, but I have a spare corny keg and a kegerator set up. Could I make some cider and just put it in my kegging setup like beer? I haven't drank much cider (wifey loves it) is it carbonated? Has anyone had any luck kegging hard apple...

I searched around a bit... can't find much on this exact probelma. I bought a used Kegarator setup off craigslist. I can get the C02 bottle to fill the cornys, but the gauges jump around and if I open the CO2 bottle up more than a crack the purge valves (not sure on the real terminology) with...

Hey folks, I have heard my brother in law talk non stop about home brewing for the last 6 years. The bottling part always turned me off, but I do enjoy a nice micro brew or home brew. So about a week ago a buddy called me up and asked if I wanted to brew a double batch together and he could...