Recent content by ender416

did you pasteurize the juice before adding to secondary

just opened a bottle today - bottled on 5-16-13 ; Brandon O u r a genius SO GOOD - when I poured it had a thick head now its leaving nice lace on the glass. Gonna have to make this again next cause its flying off my closet shelf. I might add a little more hops next time, also might go half...

How does one ferment at 54~ degrees? i have a fridge in my garage but as far as i can see its not adjustable by temperature, just 1 2 3 4 or 5 and i dont think 1 is quite warm enough

kind of worried cause my apple juice wasn't cheap. ran me like 36 bucks for 4 gallons.

so i brewed my batch 3 days ago. was wondering if fermentation was going to even start. it started, and the airlock was bubbling along nicely. now its stopped. i took the lid off my bucket and taste tested, its carbonated, and bubbles are popping on the surface. it looks as if its still...

Thanks a bunch guys. It's working now. I have another newbie question for you. I used hop pellets which obviously dissolved upon hitting the boil. Will these particles fall out by the time it's ready to rack? Should I have used a hop strainer?

made a 5 gallon batch yesterday, following brandon o's recipe straight up, but i cooled the wort in an ice bath before adding it to the apple juice (whole foods fresh pressed, pasteurized). added yeast (Nottingham), stirred it up, put on the cap. this morning theres still no activity in the...

should you prime this b4 bottling or will it carbonate on its own in 3 weeks?

yes relieved. how long do you think because i waited overnight and nothing has happened yet. if nothing happens in 24 hours should i start over or give it more time

just made my first batch of mead. 1 gallon batch with 1 quart of honey .5 gal of water and the rest honeycrisp apple juice. i used champagne yeast because i want it to finish kind of dry, but I just realized I made a super rookie mistake and didnt hydrate my yeast. i just dumped half the...

Just put my first batch in the cabinet. first of all, my jar is not a screw top, but just a glass top that sits on top of my cheese cloth. second, i forgot to let my rice cool before putting it in the jar. are these things going to be a problem?