Calling all home brewers!!

Getting ready to bottle my porter tonight! What do you have right now?Attachment 51013


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Going to get some raw apple juice and try my hand at hard cider.

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Got a few carboys of cider going. Starting a couple gallon jugs in the morning so I can use them for back-fill when racking. I use champagne yeast and no added sugar. You have to have everything clean, sanitized and especially work hard to keep oxygen out or you will end up with Danimal's vinegar! Three of those in the picture have been sitting in secondary since last May and are just starting to clear. It isn't a fast process if you want something clean and clear and not so astringent. Aging is generally a good thing for cider. My next experiment is mead (what else can I to do to help with my wife's new honey bee hobby...).

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Cream ale about a week from bottling. It's my first so we'll see...

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Originally Posted by jdranchman

Got a few carboys of cider going. Starting a couple gallon jugs in the morning so I can use them for back-fill when racking. I use champagne yeast and no added sugar. You have to have everything clean, sanitized and especially work hard to keep oxygen out or you will end up with Danimal's vinegar! Three of those in the picture have been sitting in secondary since last May and are just starting to clear. It isn't a fast process if you want something clean and clear and not so astringent. Aging is generally a good thing for cider. My next experiment is mead (what else can I to do to help with my wife's new honey bee hobby...).

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Thats good advice. Hoping to enjoy one next summer. My dad has done a couple ciders, and had some hit and miss luck with meads.

So far that wort is good!! We'll find out in a couple weeks if it's good. I'll probably be doing a second batch of the same in a couple weeks!


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Originally Posted by Scanker19

Cream ale about a week from bottling. It's my first so we'll see...

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Sanitize...that's really it. Oh, I made the mistake of not thoroughly mixing my honey/water with the entire batch before going into the bottles last time so I had a few bottles that had far too much head whereas the rest were okay.

I'm too lazy to brew my own beer.