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I'll keep that in mind next time!!! Out of eight bottles I ended up with about 4 with 1/4 left, two with 3/4 left and two nearly empty. I had one the other night and it was REALLY good. Tasted similar to Crispins Honey Crisp Cloudy Cider that I pick up here occasionally.

I use swing top bottles and have had no problem (with the exception of a few that are too loose and don't hold much pressure). On a side note, ALWAYS check carbonation before proceeding. I bottled a gallon batch on Saturday (1.075 down to 1.015). Turns out it was still VERY active. Two...

Has anyone tried this using a large cooler? I'm not sure what the softening temp of plastic from a cooler is but if you go for a lower temp and longer time it might work. Maybe ~165 degrees but then let the bottles stay in there for a long time? A cooler would let me do many more (than the...

Crazy... I just got back from Korea (one night in Incheon and a week on the island of Jeju). I had no idea what I was drinking when they served me the white "rice wine". It was nothing like sake. We found this at the local restaurants and was even served it at a high end dinner one night...

I've always seen a place on the Redmond - Woodinville road that sells cider around this time of year. I'd say give some of the small wineries a call and see if they have some ideas..

I've got a wall of blackberries next to my house and now that I'm in to making cider I think I may need to try something with a pile of blackberries! Any suggestions on a blackberry wine or blackberry port (I'd love to try a gallon or so of both)? Thanks!!!

Yeah, I looked at other ciders but the Costco juice is only ~3.50 a gallon. The tea is great. It's funny because you don't outright taste it but if it's missing you can tell.

I've had great luck with Costco (Kirkland) brand cider. Better than the Tree Top they also sell. I'm pretty new to this also. Try taking a cup or so of the juice and toss in a black tea bag and brew that (one bag for one gallon) in juice. Let that cool and add that to your batch. Toss in...

Excellent! Thanks! I'll give it a go. So does the process of acidification of the cider convert the alcohol?

How do you go from hard cider to vinegar? I'd be interested in taking a bottle of my latest cider and making a great vinegar!

Ok, can someone give an idea as to what over-carbonated entails? People mention "fountains" when they open something over carbonated and that would be dangerous to heat pasteurize. I had some bottles which when I opened to test they foamed up out of the bottle but did not spray or shoot out...

MMm..... that may make a killer Dark and Stormy.

The cherries were in the carboy from the get-go and the yeast REALLY liked the food. It was pretty much fermented dry as compared to the apple only cider I started at the same time (which is still sweet). Nearly all the cherry flavor is gone. If I were to do it again (and I will!) I'll add...

Gimp is a great program and the biggest complaint I normally hear about it is "it's not photoshop". I've been screwing around with it for quite a few years now (but I can't do much more than replace family member's head's with the dog's head). I great book to learn the basics is Grokking the...

A few notes to share on my experience... I have two gallons of cider bottled. One is a standard apple juice / sugar and the other is apple juice, fresh cherry juice / sugar. Both had a OG of ~1.07. After the exact same time fermenting the apple juice was ~1.02 and the cherry / apple was...

Heh... This RULES. I was just trying to do this today with an image but it look horrid. Yeah!!!

Combine them? What manner of witchcraft is this?!? Hmmm.... I'm not sure but I'd guess after a bottle or two of the cider I just made it would makes perfect sense.

Give this recipe a try: http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-your-own-ginger-beer/ 1 ounce ginger juice 2 ounces fresh lemon juice, finely strained 3 ounces simple syrup 10 ounces warm water (cold if using the soda siphon) I've made a ton of this stuff and my whole...

Since this seems to be a Oregon love fest I figured I better chime in... I'm just North of the Columbia so not an official Oregon guy (but I work in Oregon!). My new thing is brewing Cider. I've got 4 gallons going right now and will be trying my latest tonight. With the exception of...

Thanks for the suggestion. I actually just pitched in some yeast and called it good. No nutrient or anything... I've got a lot to learn! Tonight I decided to take another reading and I was surprised. Even without any active bubbling and no fine bubbles noticeable the gravity has dropped to...