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Eigua, your gentle method may have been gentle in heating, but you created a vacuum in the bottles! Unlike heating a closed system that then returns to a reduced state of pressure, you have bottles that had essentially no pressure, which increased (negatively) as they cooled. Beware of putting...

Brewed this last month as my first cider, and I think I'm hooked! This stuff really does taste like a caramel apple! I did follow the advice from a previous post (sorry I can't reference it right now....) and did not boil the brown sugar and cinnamon syrup (1 cup and 1tsp), just heated to...

I bottled this over the weekend, fantastic flavor! I cut back on the chocolate and the chocolate malt, so it has a color that almost matches the graham crackers I used (that's what I was going for). I think this is going to be a good one, we'll see when the bottles are conditioned and I can...

I guess I'll find out when I rack it to secondary in another couple of weeks.....

Anyone else try this recently? I brewed a slightly modified version about a week ago (less chocolate, crystal 20 for lighter color), just added the vanilla beans over the weekend, but didn't take a sample to taste since it is still fermenting. Based on the feedback from mprokop now I'm...

Update - I opened my first one last night. A little darker than I expected, thinking the calculator I used didn't take the color of the syrup in to account. Other than that, right on target. Very smooth, just a hint of residual sweetness, and a subtle maple flavor in the background. Pretty...

Basket has SS bolts to keep it off the bottom of the pot. After sparging in this configuration, I use a heavy glass mug to press (squeeze) the grains out. I'm just a couple of batches in with this setup, works pretty well so far! I want to add another brace across the top of the pot so the...

I did a Peach Wheat last summer that turned out well, interested to see how your version varies from that

I'm in the process of brewing a maple brown AG myself. Added 1# at 5 min, and will prime with maple syrup at bottling. Between the two, I hope to get some maple flavor coming through. The other part of that is using a yeast that will leave a higher FG for just a little sweeter finish that will...

Northern, between Ft Collins and Greeley. Just about done with the boil now.......

First post, although I've been lurking for about a year and quietly brewing on my own (see today's endeavor attached - Maple Brown). Hope everyone has a great weekend!