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    Yeasty taste

    Did you bottle it yet? Get it bottled ASAP and throw it in your fridge, let it cold crash the yeast. You'll see it clear up and the yeast will settle to the bottom in no time. For taste? If the cold crash doesn't kill the yeast and let it settle, let it sit and try a bottle each month or two...
  2. M

    Man, I love Apfelwein

    That looks delicious! And clear 😉 Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
  3. M

    Wildest ciders you've created and it's taste

    That sounds delicious. My next batch will most likely be a fresh squeezed grape/peach cider. Peach and grape go together really well! Not adding sugar either. Letting it fully ferment and bottling it with some priming sugar! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
  4. M

    Bottling Cider at 9000'

    Xylitol is a good choice. Inexpensive too :) Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
  5. M

    Wildest ciders you've created and it's taste

    I have a crab apple tree in my back yard, I live in ontario Canada :) those trees do good here. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
  6. M

    Wildest ciders you've created and it's taste

    Champagne yeast works faster, and I had it in a heated room. I also wanted carbonation in my bottles! Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
  7. M

    Wildest ciders you've created and it's taste

    I just want to know what kind of crazy ciders people have come up with. My wildest I've come up with is: 6 gallon carboy 3 gallons fresh squeezed apple juice 1 gallons fresh squeezed crab apple juice 1 gallon fresh squeezed cranberry juice 4 whole sliced oranges 2 whole sliced lemons 2 whole...
  8. M

    Quick cider

    You sir, are the man. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
  9. M

    Quick cider

    I have a good idea for when your in a pinch. Get yourself a gallon of already made apple cider, no preservatives etc. Put in a cup and a half of sugar, used cider yeast or champagne yeast. Let her rip for a week, get yeast killer and use it, then bottle it. If it's too dry, add in some apple...
  10. M

    Flavoring Cider

    I like lalvin EC-1118, easy to start, can ferment in a large range of temperatures, can handle higher ABV, and it ferments faster/quicker. I use it in all of my ciders :) Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
  11. M

    Apple juice sugar and yeast

    I have 1 gallon of apfelwein fermenting and two 5 gallon pails of grape wine fermenting! Take a gander at my apfelwein: Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
  12. M

    Brewing a snakebite

    Sounds like fun. I'm going to try this when my current batch of hard apple cider is bottled! :) Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew
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