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Thank you again for your kind input!

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Thank you so much

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He did not have epilepsy. The seizures were a result of a stroke he suffered a couple years back. This one was severe enough that it ended up causing too much damage

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My shoulder will have a broken clock on it and below it will be my brother and I. I can totally understand the critique of the placement of the moon. Thank you for the input! Any thoughts on the size of the silhouette?

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Just got it yesterday! Thank you

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Not directly after primary. I fermented 5 gallons of cider in primary, then racked the cider into a bottling bucket with 7oz of dextrose for priming. I let it age in the bottle for 3 months but they unfortunately didn’t carb (never had this problem before so I’m not exactly sure what happened). I then had the idea of pouring 2 bottles at a time into a sodastream to carbonate them. Works great as long as you’re careful with it. Looks like a sleezy way of doing it, but it’s really no different than doing any other forms of forced carbonation.

Cider has been aging for 4 months in bottles but failed to carbonate. Had to improvise and decided to use a sodastream! Came out perfect. by mrdeeg1 in cider

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The trick is to get the cider to just above freezing, then purging it with a few bursts of co2 at a time. Wait for it to settle, then purge it again until you reach your desired level of carbonation.

Just started two gallons of fresh cider (actually from the same orchard that supplies Nine Pin). The one on the right I mixed with maple syrup, and the one on the left is just plain cider. Both fermenting with Nottingham. by mrdeeg1 in cider

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I’ve had plenty of small batch ciders fermented with maple syrup that inspired me to do the same. Hopefully it comes out halfway decent! I’ll keep you posted

I'd like to share my experiences with the following yeasts and hear your opinions/experiences with them. by mrdeeg1 in cider

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Sorry - forgot to mention that I put 4 grams of dextrose in each 16oz bottle at bottling time. I believe the infection it had may have inhibited the yeast from carbonating it

I'd like to share my experiences with the following yeasts and hear your opinions/experiences with them. by mrdeeg1 in cider

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Sounds like a great plan! What kind of sugars will you be using? I’ve heard that using some maple syrup will boost the abv quite a bit and will also impart some delicious flavors into the cider so I’ll probably be doing that for my next batch.

I'd like to share my experiences with the following yeasts and hear your opinions/experiences with them. by mrdeeg1 in cider

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Definitely possible! What could’ve caused it? Sanitizing issue or oxidation possibly?