 Hard Cider
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Any of you brewers out there every experimented with making hard cider? It seems to be making a comeback in my area in Virginia and thought I might try making some.
'06 TBA - Black, AI and Snorkel removed, K&N Drop In, Gutted Stock Pipes, 145/42, 2 turns out.
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Re: Hard Cider
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Loquacious
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Loquacious
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yep. some good recipes from jack keller or homebrewtalk.com
we should do this every weekend!
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Monkey Butt
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Monkey Butt
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There's recipes? Back in my teenage days mine used to just kinda do it on it's own.  Had some really good stuff at the New Glarus brewery tour back in June. 
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I was just thinking about this a few weeks back. I remember my dad talking about makeing Apple Jack. However I couldn't remember how he said to do it. So I did a little research on it, same process as making apple cider but then it after fermentation it was allowed to sit outside during really cold nights, the non-alcohol protions would freeze ("jacking") allowing one to pour off a stronger brew. The problem with this method is the "bad" alcohol is still in the mix and not cooked off like it is with the distillation process.
But if any of you know a better way please let me know, cause I'd love to try it.
P.S. I also remember my dad saying someting about adding rasins to the mix, anyone have an idea why?
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Bar Shake
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Quote:
I was just thinking about this a few weeks back. I remember my dad talking about makeing Apple Jack. However I couldn't remember how he said to do it. So I did a little research on it, same process as making apple cider but then it after fermentation it was allowed to sit outside during really cold nights, the non-alcohol protions would freeze ("jacking") allowing one to pour off a stronger brew. The problem with this method is the "bad" alcohol is still in the mix and not cooked off like it is with the distillation process.
But if any of you know a better way please let me know, cause I'd love to try it.
P.S. I also remember my dad saying someting about adding rasins to the mix, anyone have an idea why?
LMGTFY
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