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Forgive me, I've been racking my wine today so have a good buzz going. Well today was a busy day. I've always used distilled water in my airlocks. Used everclear in my apple cider airlocks on a friend's suggestion because fruit flys were bad this year. It evaporates faster than water so air got into my cider. Needless to say, I'm kinda bummed. I made vinegar for the first time. I was making the cider for Thanksgiving. On the plus side though, I now have a couple gallons of flavorful vinegar. I'm kinda glad I ran out of 5 gallon carboys. I had to put it into 5 1 gallon carboys. I at least have some because 3 of them were fine. I'm going to turn 2 of them into brandy. Leaving me a mere gallon to bottle. I'm cold crashing a dandelion mead and a watermelon I made in the spring. Both taste phenomenal. Tomorrow will be bottling day. I'll take some pics and post.

Forgive me, I've been racking my wine today so have a good buzz going. Well today was a busy day. I've always used distilled water in my airlocks. Used everclear in my apple cider airlocks on a friend's suggestion because fruit flys were bad this year. It evaporates faster than water so air got into my cider. Needless to say, I'm kinda bummed. I made vinegar for the first time. I was making the cider for Thanksgiving. On the plus side though, I now have a couple gallons of flavorful vinegar. I'm kinda glad I ran out of 5 gallon carboys. I had to put it into 5 1 gallon carboys. I at least have some because 3 of them were fine. I'm going to turn 2 of them into brandy. Leaving me a mere gallon to bottle. I'm cold crashing a dandelion mead and a watermelon I made in the spring. Both taste phenomenal. Tomorrow will be bottling day. I'll take some pics and post.

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[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Yeah, picked up 30 1 gallon carboys, 4 5 gallon carboys, 2 6.5 gallon carboys, a stainless steel racking cane, a floor corker, an auto syphon, a stainless steel degassing wand, and some books for $100. Had too much fun with it that I invested a bit more to set up a corner on my basement for full time brewing. I'd like to learn to brew beer, specifically dark lagers (my faves). That'll need to wait until I've learned to use this 5 gallon still my girl got me for our anniversary. I won't have time for that until after the holidays. Granted I am making some apple Brandy(apple Jack) now, but I'm using freezer distillation instead of the still. I know the final product won't be as smooth, but what would one expect from a novice.

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Freezer jack is great stuff, killer hangover, but really tasty

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

I'm excited to try some. By the end of today it should be ready.

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Seriously limit yourself to a couple shots max. You concentrated all the nasties down too. Methanol and the oils, and all that good stuff.

Look up apple palsy, and promise yourself you don't want to go there lol