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what kind of sugar and how much do you put in? what kind of yeast?

I didn't know if cider required boiling to kill off any nasties that may cause off flavors. It seems like it would harm cider more than help but I thought I'd ask. I figured this batch would be a good chance to get a "baseline" for what simply cider and champagne yeast would do. That way when I...

To boil or not to boil the cider before fermentation.... That is my question. I wouldn't think so. I just pitched my yeast in my cider in a 1 gallon carboy and put an airlock on it. Period. Airlock activity is now a bubble every 30 seconds. I didn't take any gravity readings like I do with...

Super! Now the question is to honey or not to honey.... I want to for the sweetness, crispness and alcohol but I'm also curious to know what the cider alone would do and how long it will take to ferment at around 65 degrees. This is my $5.50 experiment

Will I need a blow off tube while using pasteur champagne yeast when I ferment some cider? I will be using a 1 gallon carboy. This is really just for my own curiosity to see how well the cider ferments and what its characteristics will be. Thanks for you help!

Correction... Imay not have smelled wonderful either but I was referring to the beer. Sorry.

I got a nasal burning whiff of CO2 or alcohol when I opened the primary to rack it off into my secondary(and onto the blackberry puree I made). I didn't smell too wonderful at all. Now that it has been on the blackberries for a week or so it looks and smells "pert darn good". I think a sweetener...

Mighty nice of those lil critters. How long does the waste cleanup process take and is it related to airlock activity? :confused: I joined this forum b/c I find them so helpful for learning. One day I'd like to be able to impart some of my knowledge. I wish I had the money to experiment...

I keep reading about letting the yeast cleanup after themselves? That is incredibly intriguing to me, actually. Please 'splain me what that means...

Good idea! A tablespoon you say? So for a 5 gallon batch that would be about 1 or 2 "pink" packets? What about the acid blend before bottling? Same effect, you think?

I brewed a Blueberry Wheat Ale July 4th, 2008. I used a Brewer's Best kit and added blueberries. Now honestly, I was trying something different in that I pureed the blueberries in a blender and added them to the primary. The end result is a beer with an immediate, fruity flavor(1 on scale of...

Well, I racked it to the secondary. SG was 1.020. I added the blackberry puree. I'm concerned though... When I opened the lid on the primary and stuck my nose down to smell it I got a nice nasal burn. Is that normal? Could that have been the CO2? Oxidation? It sat for 3 days with no airlock...

So my wife wants a blackberry beer... Currently, I have a Brewer's Best American Cream Ale kit in my primary fermenter using Wyeast 2035(yeast with kit was bad and 2035 was available). When I put the blackberry puree(that I boiled down the other day) in the secondary will I need a blow off...

So my wife wants a blackberry beer... I made a blueberry wheat ale a couple years ago that I thought SUCKED but everyone else really liked. Currently, I have a Brewer's Best American Cream Ale kit in primary. I used Wyeast 2035(the yeast that came with the kit was bad, dead) and I had 2 good...