Homebrewing - Beer, Mead, Wine, Cider

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A community dedicated to homebrewing beer, mead, wine, cider and everything in between. If it ferments, bring it over here.

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Some starting points for beginners:

Introduction to Beer Brewing

A basic mead primer

Quick and diry guide to fermenting fruit - cider and wine

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First cider (sh.itjust.works)

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Hey guys, new to brewing and this site. I made a gallon of mead that was... okay, and figured I'd try my hand at something that wouldn't take quite so long

So basically I just threw a gallon of apple juice and some yeast into a carboy and let it sit for a few weeks. I'm going to transfer it to bottles and try it out this weekend

I'm thinking about adding some sugar to the next one to get a higher abv. Any clue around how much I can add without having to wait a stupid amount of time for fermentation to finish?

Also does anyone have other recommendation to make it taste a little more interesting next time?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I think fermentation speed can depend on your yeast and conditions - yeast will work more slowly at lower temps (and then again at much higher temps).

Your approach (juice) is much like apple wine - you could google for some recipes pretty easily! I'm just about to bottle a batch of apple and fejoia wine which is tasting pretty good!