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    Show us your Mead in a photo!!!

    My first mead in the secondary. Made from raw honey straight from the bee keeper.
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    Mead virgin...what does it taste like?

    I just tried some I made while racking it to secondary. It tasted like chardonnay to me but a bit sweeter.
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    My First Mead. *Pic* Question.

    My first mead ever. I racked it to the secondary sunday and it cleared over night. I didnt add anything to it. It simply cleared on its on. I used a pound of raw local honey and 2 cups of brown sugar with Champaign yeast EC1118. It fermented to 10% ABV. My question is after I racked it to the...
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    Dentist Smell

    sounds like phenyl. It can happens when chlorine gets fermented in with your alcohol. it wont kill you. It just taste nasty to me.
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    Malted apple cider is HOT!

    Could be the honey. I knew that would make it a bit harsh but didnt realize it would do that....O well i'll let it age a while and see what happens
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    Malted apple cider is HOT!

    On a lighter note the cherry apple cider I made 8 weeks ago has carbonated and taste AMAZING
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    Malted apple cider is HOT!

    recipe 1 gallon apple juice (no preservatives) 1 cup light DME 16oz honey 1/4 teaspoon s04 SG 1.070 racked to secondary 14 days from start, and took gravity reading about 0.996 so its dry that is right at 10% ABV GOD its HOT! Like almost Vodka HOT. It smells Wonderful just like...
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    Malted Cider still fermenting after 14 days?

    Awesome. Thanks!
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    Malted Cider still fermenting after 14 days?

    Recipe 1 gallon apple juice (no preservatives) 1 cup light DME golden malt. 16oz of Honey 1/4 tsp s04 Starting gravity 1.070 average temp is 68-70 degrees F It peaked on about day 3 with steady bubbles from the airlock by day 7 about 1 bubble a minute. On day 14 you can still hear it fizzing...
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    Capturing that fruit flavor

    to me apple juice fermented dry taste like white wine but way less harsh. very smooth.
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    light sparkling cyser/ale

    interesting, im working on a 1 gallon batch of cider with 1 pound of honey and 1 cup DME melted in 1 cup of water. about the same SG as you 1.070 Im also using S-04 The malt made it have a head like beer. I tried it before I pitched the yeast and it taste awesome! Its fermenting now....I...
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    Fantastic Hard Cider Recipe with Instructions (and fall spice / cherry variations)

    Great info here. and the finished product looks great!
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    Is my Cider Contaminated?

    Its probably going to taste sour using bread yeast like sour dough apple bread but from your picture it looks ok. Next time get a champaign yeast or brewers yeast Lavlin EC-1118 is only $0.94 on midwestbrew's sight Bread yeast makes things taste to yeasty in my opinion. Also you can get a...
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    Major Issues with malted cider gravity might be to high?

    I thought about this and might add the champaign yeast to the secondary. I thought of something else. I didnt add table sugar or anything I added Honey and Malt. IF it ferments dry it will be 10% However it may not go dry because perhaps S-04 wont eat all the sugar in the Honey or Malt. If it...
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    Major Issues with malted cider gravity might be to high?

    Thanks a lot for all your help on this.
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