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hey all so i come to you all for help. im looking at a yeast cake of us05 i used for a simple apple cider. just racked into secondary today after 7 days fermenting. fermentation has slowed but not finished. my question is can i use some of the yeast cake to make some bread? i was thinking...

hello all well i decided tonight to make my 1st beer by myself, me and a friend have made a few kit brews together with great success. i have also been brewing cider with alot of success aswell. so today i set out to make a beer by myself. i decided on a gallon batch. so i bought about 2.5...

well today i cracked open my 1st ever aged cider, everything else ive made has gone straight from primary into bottle. this cider was as follows: 5 cans concentrate aj 10lbs juiced granny smith 1lb juiced danjou pears 1lb juiced pink pacific apples 2lb brown sugar, water to bring to 4...

anyone else try this? its pretty good and really how i wish my graff had turned out. but im wondering how i can make something close to it. says its a wheat ale brewed with cider. so should i make a wheat ale with cider instead of part of the water?

well i have had a batch of cider that has been fermenting for a month now. well i finally racked it to secondary tonight. it came out very smooth. i used Nottingham yeast and 4 gallons final volume that contained: 3 cans ajc, 5lbs granny smith juiced, 1lbs pacific crest apples juiced, 1.5 lbs...

So I have yet another batch going. This time 2 cans of old orchard cherry apple and 1 can apple. Using us 05. Now I was wondering if I could let it ferment almost dry then keep adding ajc to bump the alcohol level? Is this bad for the yeast? . I plan to eventually back sweeten with more...

So last Wednesday I made my 1 St batch of graff. My recipe is as follows 3 cans ajc 2 cups white sugar 1/4 cup molasses 1 chunk of ginger pealed and split 1 cinnamon stick Small handful hops pellets. Like about the size of a small meatball. Lowest aa I could get 2 cups light malt extract About...

so i have a batch that i made with nottingham and its been stuck at 1.010 for a week. og was about 1.065 is it done? it tastes very strong but has a great apple scent. and everytime i take a sample for sg it has bits of the yeast cake float to the top and bubbles like crazy. is it done or...

So I read in some threads on here that dishwasher could be used to pasturize cider. Well I ran 12 bottles through mine today and I'm wondering if it worked. I did notice some sediment formed after that wasn't there before. Was this free floating yeast dying? How can I tell if it worked...

So I have an idea but I wanted to ask your guys opinions. I want to pasturize in a 5 gallon bucket. I checked and the ones made from hdpe can withstand constant temps of up to 230 f. So I don't see why it could be an issue to pasteurize in one. Simply get 175° water and fill partially then...

So I racked my 1 gallon apple black cherry today into another gallon jug. Then I decided what the hell and thought I'd try to make another batch on the yeast cake. Well anyway I thawed out 3 cans of concentrate. I have like 5 sitting in my freezer still as it was on sale so I stocked up...

Well today I started my second full batch of cider. This one I'm gonna let ferment for awhile before I bottle it. I started with 4 cans concentrate. 2 were pure apple. The next 2 were a blend of apple cherry. Still 100% juice tho. I then juiced 5lbs granny smith 2 lbs djanou pears and 1 lb...

hey all, my name is Eric and im new to brewing, 23 college student from California. loving the site sofar. i just bottled my 1st batch of beer the other week and i now have 2 ciders going. i look forward to learning alot from all of you and hopefully one day be able to consider you my peers...

Hey guys. I'm new here. But tonight I drank the 1 St beer I ever made. An American cream ale. Boy did it turn out smooth and crisp. I love it. I'm definitely hooked on beer making now. But I was wondering what a good next step would be. Maybe a red ale. I did the cream ale from a recipe...

Hello all so I am new to brewing. Me and my friend just bottled our first batch of beer and it is comming along lovely. I love cider so I figured I'd give it a shot. I pasturized 2 gallons of fresh juice and added 1 gallon of store bought juice . Then pitched with esperey yeast that was...