Recent visits to the storage shed where my mini fridge sits have been disapointing. I’ve lost another 3 bottles! I THINK I’m down to 5 bottles from this batch of Cider, and they haven’t been in the bottle a month … Continue reading
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Down 3 bottles of the July batch. All of them inside the mini fridge. The one thing in common? They were lying on their sides. Seems the bale top bottles can’t gas out the pressure if they aren’t the uppermost … Continue reading
Cider that is. I’m taking advantage of the long weekend to brew up a fresh batch of Promissory. Keeping closer notes on it so that I can get a bit more consistency between bottles. ALL of its been drinkable, but … Continue reading
checked on my cider and it was 80 inside that shed. So i brought them back in and parked them in the corner of my bedroom. Doyle’s lead on a fridge fell thru, and I will find one somewhere. but … Continue reading
I’ve been unable to track down a fridge for my storage area. I fear the heat will ruin my cider just a month shy of drinkability. Temperature 94.6 °F Feels Like 101 °F If only I could dig a root … Continue reading
Still hitting about 50-50 with the cider. One sample was.. .no wait 66%. One sample was flat and vinegary…not poisonous, but not drinkable. There was another from the Jan/24 batch that was flat but tasted good, so I put in … Continue reading
About two days ago I added some sugar and brown sugar to the primary fermentation, giving TNB the same ultimatium I gave the earlier batch, if I didn’t see marked signs of fermenation, it was into the bottles with the … Continue reading
TOB is quietly continuing to ferment in the secondary bottles. I will leave it till the weekend except where back pressure is involved. Do another test to see if the alcohol level is going up. TNB is showing a tiny … Continue reading
fermentarium » Blog Archive » Making hard cider at home Q&A. I drank half a bottle of Uncle John’s Cider with some curry tonight. I was pretty sad stuff. The stuff from Lehman’s scored a 8 with me and this … Continue reading
I decided that wheter its good or not, its not going to get any closer to being cider in the primary fermentation. So I bought a sipon and cleansed it with the suflite cleanser, along with a couple of apple … Continue reading