Recent content by johnnyseko

Nice! I wound up dry hopping a gallon batch with 14 grams centennial hops (pellets) for 4 days in secondary back in May. One of my gallons from a WLP773 batch. Turned out delicious! No bitterness at all and wasn't overpowering. I will make this again. I'll have to experiment with a tea and...

Pretty much the same recipe I started out with. I looked back at my notes - FG @0.996. You should get something close if it's finished. Check it now and then again in a week. If the SG hasn't changed you can then add priming sugar and bottle for carbonation if you want. I wouldn't add the...

4 gal Phug's Easy Peasy Pear recipe 240 + 4 = 244

Same orchard juice I've been using all year. I think the mix they use has been pretty consistent too. I've had some varying results depending on the yeast, temps, time...etc. The batches I posted about don't taste 'bad' - but definitely unique - like a 'farmhouse' natural ferment I've had at...

Thanks guys. Sulfite...I guess I'll have to ruin a few batches before I learn! ugh. This isn't the first one. I really need to make better notes for procedures to follow with each batch. As for the PBW - I had never heard of it until now!! Added to the list. I used to use One Step and...

There are airlocks on those gallons. I wasn't sure if this was something expected for the yeast I used. I got the wlp611 to experiment with making a cider. I couldn't find any information from anyone using it for cider. But given the fact that whatever it is growing in there must have gotten...

So I've had this cider going since 5/19. Racked it on 6/25 and went back today to see if it was time to bottle and/or flavor this cider. There's been a pellicle formed on each single gallon I have. I thought that was interesting but maybe normal for this yeast blend. It's been sitting at 70F...

1 gal Linden Honey 1 gal Blueberry Honey 1 gal Cyser all BOMMs = 210 gal

WLP640 from the Vault? I'm curious about trying this.

3 gal S33 and 2 gal WLP1450 started back on 7/1. Might dry hop all of it. 235 + 5 = 240

Update....so the cloud above never really settled. After a few months I got impatient and had to rack off the top of the cloud, unfortunately losing quite a bit of cider in the process. Bottle carbed and waited weeks for it to carb up. The hopped 773 cider was bottled almost straight from...

Cool. I really should do something other than sharpie on masking tape....

I have to try this one....asap. Thanks!

Great questions, thanks for the explanations Bernard!

From my recent notes - 1 tsp of fermaid K = 3g 1/4 tsp DAP = 1g