New to the fourm

[champagneave]

I heard about your site from a member, lurked for a day and joined. As for beer brewing experience, I have practically none, I have done about 5 cooper kits into bottles. My first was the best. I have always loved cider and hated the price, so most of my brewing experience is with it. If Rougemont juice cans are on sale you can bet you'll see me with a severely overloaded cart, sometimes making two trips. If anyone comments I go into my "slingblade" impression and reply "mmmm...I like juice ...mmmm..yup". My method is cheap n easy and a little backwards to most backsweeteners, mix 6 cups table sugar with two liters of boiling water, stir on stove until dissolved, cool mix in keezer, open 16 cans and pour 4 in a 6 gal carboy, add cooled sugar mix then the 12 remaining cans. Add your yeast and hydrometer and air lock on top, ferment at 18c or so until you have achieved 4.5% alc with a specific gravity just below an expected O.G. reading for beer, I then put the carboy in my keezer for a couple of days to clear. When it's clearish I siphon into a corny and drink what wont fit in, put in on co2 25 psi purge and shake, after a few days resting on gas and it's good to go, very similar to magners less sweet/more appley and it improves with time. I saw a cider recipe on the board that had hops, you caught my interest. When I saw cheap thermometer post and links, well i was hooked and yes I bought three.
Jason

[chalmers]

Welcome aboard!

[LeafMan66_67]

Welcome!

[John G]

Welcome, and thanks for the cider details.

[Keith]

Welcome!

[champagneave]

I like the DIY fourm, i will have projects for months,

[mr x]

[akr71]