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i should have clarified: i would use these for brewing wine, so bubblers, not screw tops. what's PBW ? PBR i know of, and it really cleans me out, but PBW...

Hey All, I came across a 'collection' of 1 gallon bottles with the finger ring handles... but they are dirty. Some have mouse skeletons in them. How would you sanitize them? So far I have them soaking in a hot water and bleach, and they've cleaned up real well... what else might you do? -lj

I have fermentation! Was bubbling at about once every 3-5 seconds. Not as fast as i'd like, but i'm excited.

sulfite wasn't in the recipe. neither was potassium sorbate... I hashed out a plan similar to what you laid out. Thinking that there must be some strain of yeast that can handle a bit of potassium sorbate, so I've got a huge starter going and i plan on splashing it with a bit of the cider...

nope. just some hoops and really really old staves... it would be great to have a barrel like that.

That is a heck of a thread... So, in order to ensure i had a variety of apples, i got a few gallons from a few different places. I know a couple of the orchards and got it fresh from the press. The third place was a local grocery store ( I needed a half gallon more cider). So, now it's...

An old-timer buddy of mine brewed his own hard cider in an oak barrel. This was rugged stuff, and he never gave out his recipe. It was pretty kickass stuff, drank out of a ladle. after 5 or 6 ladles between the two of us we'd be warmed right up and giggling like schoolgirls. Turns out, he...

sulfites? i've seen them occasionally in homebrew stuff, but it seems like they're not usually that large. lj

Well, i'm not sure what it's called... we call it maple wine and make it from a top-secret recipe we had to get translated from italian... all I can say is that it goes really really fast. we start with maple sap, add some crushed fruit, some other stuff, and let 'er sit. good luck with it! lj