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Awesome discussion here people. Thank you so much for chiming in with some great insights and information. I really appreciate it. Since I have 47 bottles to go through (and another 2/3 of a gallon on standby) what I will do is some methodical experimentation. I will get my hands on some tannin...

so I've decided I'm terrible at describing flavors. but I can compare them, to help get my ideas across! flavors I want to get to: Angry Orchard (the more pucker one, Crisp?), Strong Bow, Magners. I grew up loving Cider Jack but it's not around too much any more. AO just hit my area recently...

Bottled! Finished just an hour before the Superbowl begins. Primed for carbonation 1/2 cup of sugar for 5 gallons of brew, 1/2 cup of Splenda for sweetening, 160 drops of concentrated green apple flavoring, and a splash of yeast to gitterdone. Taste-tested each carboy, and got a decent flavor...

Looks like I might wait on bottling this stuff for another few weeks. We are closing on a house soon, but not sure when, could be before Christmas, could be afterwards. It's all up to the lenders getting **** squared away fast enough. Looking at my 3 carboys today, I see that the cider is only...

Well, took a sample taste today from the small bottle of excess cider from my first racking last month. 5 gallons still sit in carboys, but this little bottle I cold crashed immediately because I had no airlock for it and I didn't want it exploding on me. The sample smells a bit sulphuric still...

ah, good. Thank you both for those answers. Reading multiple methods while waiting for this batch to age got me worried one process might be wrong, or just bad, or whatever. Wish me luck on the bottling in a few weeks!

I was hoping to clear up a couple questions I have. I've been following this particular website's process: http://makinghardcider.com/rack-bottle.html Now, I have one 3-gallon and two 1-gallon carboys that have been racked from a 5-gal primary. They have been sitting for nearly a month...

Thanks for the great answers. It's very possible I have a high alcohol content. a tiny sip is making me think "tart wine". I'll have to be content with that :) I'm not a wine drinker, but I think maybe sweetening this with some frozen-concentrate juice will do wonders for the overall flavor...

Just found this nice and informative site today, and I just read something that proves I am still pretty ignorant on proper cider brewing: letting the cider ferment to completion can change the overall taste/quality of the brew, possible making it taste worse than if you racked the stuff a quick...