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I have a 1.5 gallon batch of cider almost completely fermented and want to secondary it to clear but I only have a 5 gallon carboy available to use. Would this be ok for secondary?

Haven't brewed beer in over a year, did a few small batches of cider over that time. I'll start with the recipe, then on to my questions. Cherry wheat 2.5 gallon batch 3 lbs liquid wheat extract 1.5 lbs light dry extract 1 Oz tettang Nottingham ale yeast 1.5 gallons water in pot Bring to...

Well the good is I bottled my apple cherry cider today and it turned out great... Finished dry and back sweetened for SWMBO and she said I'm really getting the hang of this cider thing. 😃 The bad is while I was capping my butterfly capper that I just bought bent somehow and it was a...

How can I tell if I need to use 68* or 60* for my temp correction with my hydrometer? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

My SWMBO tried a can of this at a bike rally last night and loved it. I was wondering if anyone knows or could guesstimate a FG so I could try to make my next batch of cider to her sweetness liking. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

I guess I want to understand more fully, a yeast has a recommended temp range. I use glass carboys with a liquid crystal thermometer. For example Nottingham ale yeast has a temp range of 57*-70*F I have read wort could be as much as ten degrees higher than ambient temp due to fermentation...

Example first then question..... 1 gallon Cider FG 1.000 Want to back sweeten with FAJC to 1.010 Is there a formula to figure out how much FAJC it takes to add one point to FG? How many grams of sugar does it take to add one point to FG? I would rather be able to determine an exact or close...

The package says 1 tsp per gallon of must.... For cider does this 1 tsp per gallon apply? Should I just add it before I pitch yeast? Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

I just transferred a blonde ale from primary to secondary over frozen strawberries and my question is will I see a noticeable krausen or other sign of a new fermentation? Beer was in primary for 12 days FG was stable for a few days straight. Haven't seen any airlock action and really don't want...

Will this be suitable to add fruit or hops to brew? Of course I would soak in star san before putting in wort. Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

Cider has been in primary since Sunday (5 days) Been in swamp cooler to keep temps at 62-64*. 9 quarts 100% Apple Juice 2 cups sugar 5 grams Montrachet yeast (rehydrated) Still bubbling in airlock, no real krausen is evident.... How much longer should I keep it in the swamp cooler? Should I...

I guess I'll be was using cheap vodka in my air lock till today when one of my cats decided he was going to bite a hole in it.... I think he was interested in the smell... Or he was just being bad. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

How much headspace is too much? Can I ferment 2 or 3 gallons in a 5 gallon carboy? Is there a fast and hard rule about headspace in primary fermentation! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Can I use other fruit juices rather than apple juice/cider as the bulk of my primary fermentation? Maybe use 3 gallons Cherry juice and 1 gallon blackberry juice and ferment it dry? Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

It's an apple/Cherry/blackberry hard cider, started at 1.057 sg and finished @ 1.002. Primed with 2.8oz sugar and back sweetened with frozen apple juice concentrate. 3 gallon batch ended up with 24 glass 12oz bottles and 2 plastic soda bottles. I figure I can start to squeeze the soda bottles in...

I decided to check the sg of my cider today, it's been in the fermenter for 9 days. OG was 1.057 SG today was 1.014 It seems to be fermenting.... My question is what should it taste like at this point? Mine tastes kind of like wine... Is that cause it's got very little sugar left in it? I am...

All I have is so stick on thermometer on the side of my bucket and it's reading 70*f. My question is, is this temp of my wort or the temp outside the bucket? Sent from my iPad using Home Brew

How long should it be before I see some bubbles in my airlock? This is my first attempt at making cider, have some mrbeer brews in my experience but this is done with other equipment. I combined 2 gallons apple juice with 1 gallon of blackberry juice, 1 cup brown sugar and pitched Nottingham...

Went to BJ's Brewhouse a while back and my wife fell in love with their Berry Burst Cider. I am hoping to make a cider that she will like. I was thinking... 1 gallon apple juice/cider 2 gallons mixed berry juice Nottingham yeast Let it go for a few weeks and see where it's at for taste/...

New to the hobby and hoping to learn some skills here. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew