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So far the batch is going well, new batch (just juice, cider, sugar S0-4) is going slow but going. With the first two I figure I'll heat some juice with sugar, cinnamon, anise then mix it with different ratios when I bottle, then sample over time to see how they turn out.

So as far as bottling/carbonating....if I were to let it run itself out (wait till the bubbles and presumably the yeast) then bottle it with a bit more juice mixed with spices and low sugar, would that help the taste and carbonate it? Or am I asking for a bottle bombs mess?

That recipe looks pretty great! I think I'm gonna try that asap. Would it be worth it to try using a reduced cider/juice with sugar as a primer? To try and help with the dryness?

I wasn't completely sure about the apples, as I've read conflicting things. If anything it's more sugar and maybe nutrients for the yeast at least? Once I find (around me) some non pasteurized apple juice/cider I was gonna add that into mix as well, hoping for more sugars/fermentation and taste...

Hey everyone! After posting about my first try and receiving lots of useful help I decided to have another go at homemade refreshments! The first batch...well, as alot of people said it sort of turned out like a wet bread flavor or "plain" beer if it could be called that. This time I'm trying...

Thanks for the info, yeah pretty much this first trial is just to produce something that can get me a bit drunk. Planning on mixing it with something or trying to backsweeten it to make it drinkable or make a liquor with it. Just worried about clarification for suspended yeast, or further...

One main concern is the use of a clarifyer (isingglass, moss etc) that right now I don't have access to. Don't know if that is a huge deal breaker in the process or not, or if just heating and filtering would suffice

Another good idea! Yeah this was kinda "just see if I can" experiment till I can actually get a proper brewing setup and start taking it more seriously. Right now it's just about 15 lbs of pure cane and brown sugar, water, and dry yeast (bought for making bread). Didn't start out with dreams of...

Thanks for the info! Pretty much my plan after reading a bunch of internet things is to wait a day or so after the bubbles stop, empty one container at a time into a pot to slightly heat to kill the yeast, then strain through membrane/coffee filters back into cleaned vessels. Then add...

Wow I wish I started with this much forethought! I just started, I don't know if brewing is the right word, myself. Much much simpler set up on my end though, don't even know if I'm doing it right! Hope yours turns out good, there's plenty of good Brewers and info on this site. Good luck!

Hello all! Been doing some cruising on here and finally signed up, on to the topic at hand; with the closure of liquor stores and a interest in homebrewing I recently started a process to make my own alcohol. As in making a sugar syrup and adding dry yeast and letting nature do its thing. Most...