Woohoo! Last May I went to a craft beer expo and this won the poll and I finally found some! Very good and 8.5%! Can't get the cork back in so I guess I will have to finish the bottle.
Let the debates begin!
Ping to the FReeper homebrewing list.
Beer & Brats! (and maybe some Oxtail soup) :-)
bottle age..... and don’t kill the yeast, will be bright and bubbly...!!!!
My brother has made beer before & it was pretty good ... don’t think I’m quite up to that, but I’m ready to try this!
http://www.backwoodsmanmag.com/images/Feature%20Article%20PDFs/marapr11_HardCider_2.pdf
I forgot = I did add one full cup of sugar to the apple juice. The original gravity of the juice was at 1.042 and the sugar brought it up to 1.060
Got the goods together to brew and keg a batch of Blond Ale. My oldest son is on his way home on leave from the Corp. I figure it’s time to get him on the road to the world of homebrew. I’ll hand him the “yard” of IPA when he hits the door.
Good luck with the cider.
I want to do a cider but being a total newbie to brewing I’m starting with Ed Wort’s Apfelwine: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f25/man-i-love-apfelwein-14860/
Seems incredibly cheap, simple and near foolproof.
Started it this afternoon.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2937552/posts
earlier beer thread today...
I’m cold crashing 20 gallons now and hope to transfer it tomorrow. The Ofest and the fresh hop ale. In between working on cars. This ought to be interesting.
Sadly, wifey is still wheelchair bound so we are using the oportunity to head up highway 50 to the apple orchards. I will be buying about 25 gallons of fresh pressed apple juice and will be making a boatload between Sunday night and Monday night. I can’t wait.
Good thing I have a lot of fermenters eh?
Cheers,
knewshound
A question for the malt mavens:
How practical would it be to use dry ice as a carbonation agent instead of priming sugar?
Let the debates begin!