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I am very new to kegging and I bought 4 used 5gal ball lock kegs and two fo them are fine but two of them I am having issues with the gas stem. The first it seems to hiss like it is leaking when the gas line is hooked up. The same gas line works fine on other kegs no hiss. And when I...

Ok I finally got a kegerator built and am starting to keg instead of bottle. I want to try to back sweeten using (thawed) frozen apple juice concentrate instead of splenda. I am going to bring it down to fridge temperature before adding in the FAJC so fermentation doesn't start back up. The...

I have been using splenda to back sweeten my ciders up to this point. I dont mind it but I have had a few people say it has that artificial sweetner after taste. I recently built a kegerator and want to know can I pasteurize and then use regular sugar to back sweeten since the kegerator will...

Ok I brewed and bottled a batch of cider that is way to sweet. I don't want to just dump it out but no body will drink it in my family. So I am looking for options of things to do with it. First option I thought of is use it as headspace filler and just sweeten less then I would like it...

I recently made some Ice Cider and I bottled it in 22oz bottles since i don't have wine bottles or a corker. I don't plan on drinking a whole bottle in a single sitting so I am looking to find something that I can recap the bottle with so that it can be enjoyed at a few different sittings...

Ok, sorry if the title is confusing wasn't sure how to word it. I have a 5 gallon batch that is done fermenting...unfortunately due to life circumstance I may not get to be able to rack it into another carboy for a few days. This wont hurt it if I leave it sealed with an airlock in the carboy...

Will pasteurizing kill off any remaining yeast and preserve any remaining sweetness? I want a still cider so I am not worried about carbonating later. Will it affect any aging in the secondary rack if I pasteurize now versus letting it age unpasteurized?

After reading another post on here I decided to give an ice cider a try using FAJC. I don't have the equipment or the freezer space to do this the traditional way. So here is what I did so far. ICE Cider (Attempt 1) (started 11/8/15) 6 – 12oz cans of thawed frozed apple juice...

I am wondering what back sweeteners most people use. I have been using splenda and it works ok but leaves an after taste (kind of like Diet Coke). It gets worse the more sweetening a batch needs. I am not a fan of dry ciders so from I am have read I am not in the norm around here. I like a...

I am fairly new to the whole cider/home brewing. I never thought how much aging would affect the taste. I assumed it would maybe change slightly but I was wrong and now I am enjoy the benefits. I made two batches about 2 months ago and the taste has greatly improved on both in that time...

How long can bottled cider be stored in an upright (cap up) position before it skunks (the best term i could think of) I know cider generally gets better as it ages but what is the limit to that 6 months, a year, 2 years, 5 years. I am not a huge drinker maybe 2-3 bottles a week and I have...

How soon after you put your brew in the second rack till it is ready to bottle? The first batch I followed a recipe to the "T" and it said to bottle after 3 weeks. Is there anything preventing me from bottling after 2 weeks?

Howdy, I just completed my first batch of Hard Cider and totally new to all of this looking for some good advise and maybe some recipes for future experimentation.

I am looking for solutions or options. I bottled my very first batch of hard cider on the 18th (5 gallons) I fermented for 2 weeks in first carboy and then let stand in second carboy for 3 weeks (only added splenda and some acid blend for flavoring no additional sugar). Online I found that if...

Should you sterilize the bottle caps before capping the brew? I just bottled my very first batch of hard cider and it turned out good but I have noticed that the brew taste different with each bottle I have had to drink (never a bad taste just slightly different). Maybe it is all in my head...