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Ouch. Old rule I learned after watching someone try to remove their shoelaces after 25 gallons of boiling soup poured down their legs. Wear clogs when lifting hot liquids! Faster to get off and run under water to avoid bad burns. Hope these 'fellas made it okay.

Turned out I never got the suphur smell and taste out. The underlying cider flavor wise was not worth any more effort. The side batch did turn out well and I learned some valuable lessons. And now I have a freed up carboy. What to brew next? What to brew next?

I did the Pressing myself for my first batch recently. It was a lot of work. Had about 100 pounds of apples, rented a grinder and press from local brew store. Ended up with about 5 gallons and lots of pig food (left over apple). I could have easily just bought juice but it is more fun knowing I...

Okay, so I've got 5 gal sitting the garage. I worked it up about 3-4 weeks ago. The bubbling has stopped, the cider has cleared down, I pulled a sample out. It's tasting like a wine almost. I am tasting very little apple flavors at all. Not sweet either which I am guessing is a good thing. I...

Hello guys and gals, I 'brewed' a bit back when I was a kid. Now getting back into it and hoping to do it right now. No more jet fuel is the goal. Looks like there are lots of great folks here to run ideas off of.

I'm going to try my hand at making some cider from apples off my tree. I don't want to waste, so I ask, what are some good uses of the left over apple pulp after pressing out the juice?