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Wow, how generous of you! If this is still available, I would love to take you up on this offer. I live a little over an hour away, but could easily run over to Hillsborough at your convenience in the next couple or few days. I've only been brewing for a few months and finding myself at that...

I forgot to add Whirlifloc to a recent small batch boil. Tempted to fuggedaboudit, but one of the reasons for my small batch was to improve clarity in an experimental beer. I had already turned the burner off, but turned it back on and threw in the appropriate amount of Whirlifloc. I brought...

So what was your final evaluation on your raw graf in the end? I'm so glad you tried this method. Still looking forward to doing so myself, but I've been distracted by my other non-graf beer ventures for the past few months! I've enjoyed moving into all-grain batches using recipes from one of...

Most recent brew was a German style Rauchbier with smoked pale malt. Appreciate the opportunity -- come on, Corny Keg, you know you want to be mine!

Any standard sanitation steps when adding fruit? I did a series of single varietal ciders this past summer, taken through as many variations as possible for education purposes (different yeasts, malolactic, wood chips added, battonage, etc.). At secondary, I set up a single gallon to coferment...

The one detailed earlier in this thread on 1/17: 5.5 g Nottingham yeast 0.25 lbs Crystal 60L 1/2 oz. torrified wheat 2.5 gal water (ended up being more like 2.75 gal because I didn't take into account q.s.--ing the water and cider syrup) 1 lb extra light DME (I prefer amber ales and think this...

All right, graff bottling day! Put it up with 3/4 cup corn sugar and gravity was spot on at 1.010 pre-sugar addition. I've got high hopes from my tastes pre-sugar. The aroma was outstanding -- apple plus caramel plus beer in all the right ways. It did not taste quite as good as it smelled...

Looking forward to hearing how your raw ale based graff turns out. It'd been a while since I heard that Cider Chat episode, so I went back for a re-listen myself. I really like this idea of cider and beer being naturally complementary, since fresh-pressed cider apples should be bringing in all...

Thanks -- I enjoyed the Basic Brewing graff episode. Apple orchards do have their perks: we actually use a chipper to make our own applewood chips from large diameter prunings every spring, and since we're organic (though not certified), it's nice to be able to sell niche applewood chips that...

Hey, thank you very much for the reply and wonderful reverse engineering idea. You are so right about how hard it is to predict the outcome of a coferment of anything apple and beer, but I love the idea of using blends of finished beers and ciders to at least approximate a goal. Also...

Hi Liz, Thanks so much for your interest! You could certainly make cider syrup with any kind of apple you like, but most people would emphatically not use cider apples, instead favoring particularly sweet varieties (cider syrup is sweet and tart, with quite a bit of tang to it, so especially...

Ahoy! We have an 18 acre apple orchard in North Carolina. We currently grow about 180 different heirloom varieties, with an emphasis on regional and hard cider cultivars. We have made hard cider recreationally for years and favor English farmhouse styles. Recently, I became interested in...