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Here's my lazy man 1 gallon cider carb/sweeten hack is this: After fermenting to dry (sometimes I don't even measure...I just forget it for a month or so), I then rack the cider into the bottling vessel and add 1 thawed (to room temp) can of apple juice concentrate. Then I bottle them into PET...

So I just do 1 gallon batches, but I added 1 can of concentrate at bottling and it rocked.

I can't believe I left everyone hanging. Been a couple years. Better late than never, eh? My process worked. Racked from one bottling bucket to another without a siphon. Trub wasn't a problem, but the position of the spigot did leave a bit behind. That said, after brewing a few more beers...

Well as it's not official yet I'd hate to throw it out there in public. It's not Boulevard 😂

Twinsies! You're obviously a man of distinguished taste. Man that sucks. Hope things get rolling soon. Still no details yet, but whether I get to do my own recipe or just work with one of theirs, I don't care. Same here, excited for the chance.

Nothing official yet, but I might have an opportunity to brew at a local brewery on their 30 gal system which would be served in their taproom. I've only brewed 5 gallon batches from kits (all grain) and had only just begun to think about creating my own recipes, and wham, this opportunity...

Just wanted to follow up. I had zero gushers. Far from it. It probably could have been carbed a bit more. Were I to do it again, I might have left the bottles out of the fridge for a couple more days. I might even go 1 and 1/2 can of ajc next time...

Think I should be worried about bottle bombs even if they're in the fridge?

Ok here's what I did: -1 gallon fermented for 3 weeks (I didn't measure OG) -1 can apple juice concentrate added to bottling jug -racked 1 gal to bottling jug -bottled almost six 16oz plastic bottles -left out on counter for around 3 days until bottles were firm, slight give to the squeeze -put...

I received just one quart of fresh pressed apple/pear juice. I don't have any adequate fermenters, certainly none that any of my airlocks will fit. The smallest fermenter I have is a gallon, which would leave a ton of headspace. Beyond that, how much (dry cider) yeast would you use for just...

I went ahead and installed an eyebolt into the eaves, planted a hefty stake, tied the twine to either end, and my hops bine is about a foot or more off the ground. My first time growing hops. Pretty fun. I was told to 'train' the bine around the string, so once it was just tall enough to reach...

This thread was pretty interesting and full of great ideas. I think I'm going to install and eyebolt into the eaves of my house and tie some twine to it. Easy peasy.

What a fantastic thread. I spent the morning reading it all. Thought some folks would be interested in a couple of these tidbits: This letter Tolkien wrote to his son regarding C.S. Lewis. (I have a feeling hobbit consumption might have had a tad bit of influence from Lewis and Tolkien's...

So I pitched my plan to the fellow at my local Homebrew store and he was...hesitant. Based on what I told him, he assumed my autosiphon has a crack somewhere (I looked it over again when I got home but couldn't find anything). But I stuck to my guns for better or for worse and got a second...

Yeah it has the cap on it.

Thanks for your input. That gives me a little more comfort with the idea.

Yeah, I've actually tried all the tricks, which makes me think I have a defective siphon. I honestly probably wouldn't have considered using a bottling bucket instead of just buying another auto-siphon, but the bucket was cheaper, ha!

I have siphoning problems. I either have a crap auto-siphon or I'm crap at siphoning. Either way, it's the most stressful part of brewing for me and has already ruined one of my ciders. Most of my brewing has been with mead/cider and this weekend I'm going to brew my first beer. So I was...

That link is no good

So far, things are still in the secondary. I wanted to rack around the Thanksgiving weekend but got too busy. I'm going to try this weekend. I'll update when I do!