Recent content by fmaurice

It's almost 3 days into fermentation. Has calmed down a lot, but haven't taken any fg readings just yet. I just haven't seen that texture before, but have only a handful of batches under my belt.

Made a few trial batches of cider and one of them was looking a little funny to me. I've used the cider before, but not the yeast (s-04) nor any ajc. What do you guys think? The lees didn't look anything like this in the first 2 batches of cider I made. Is this the ajc pectin? if so it seems...

I've kind of given up on cold brew, but only somewhat. To start, I work at sbux, so I only get that coffee. It's ok, but it's free and I'm not making enough to warrant buying high quality coffee. I've only done it w sbux coffee, but my results were lack luster. It was too watery, no matter...

You only got to see this bc you added a fine powder (the packet of sugar) to something technically carbonated. Same thing would happen to anything else that was carbonated. Make a syrup and it won't do anything aggressive like that. I'd leave it alone like others have said. I'm currently...

I guess I'm not being very clear. It wasn't too dry, but it was incredibly smooth for 8.5%, with a ton of flavor. I guess I should say the immense flavor of apple made it come off as sweet, rather than a sugar laden drink. Maybe I just associate apple with sweet, but the end result was everyone...

First of all, thanks for all the info so far on this site. It's been a great resource thus far. I've got a few questions and observations, maybe I could get some feedback. I made some cider about a month ago, both store bought juices. One was el-cheapo store brand apple juice $3/gallon...