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Does this actually work?!??

>> No.4902895

>>4902885
Yes.

Don't use baking yeast unless you have to.
Order some champagne/wine yeast online and a proper airlock.
Use brown sugar.
I wouldn't try 4 gallons at once.

If you're incredibly poor, that picture will work.

>> No.4902903

Wash everything with boiling water at a minimum. Sanitizer would be best.

>> No.4902910

>>4902903
That's a good point. This method requires too many different containers.

Buy five jugs of apple juice, dump a little bit out of each, add in sugar and yeast to each one, and put a balloon on the top with holes in it. Or just loosely screw on the lid.

Less chance of contamination.

>> No.4902919

>>4902903
Can you elaborate on this, I can't seem to find much about sanitizing 5 gallon jugs in google, but then I'm probably just retarded.

>> No.4902920

Apple juice/cider needs to only have non-chemical preservatives like vitamin c/ascorbic acid.

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>>4902885
poorly

>> No.4902931

>>4902927
Additionally, the ABV woun't be anything close to 14%.

>> No.4902934

>>4902919
Buy Starsan,a no rinse sanitizing agent!

>> No.4902935

>>4902919
Not that guy.

But it's VERY FUCKING IMPORTANT to keep brewing supplies clean. You can buy sanitizers from brew stores or use boiling water or use the sanitize option on your dishwasher.

The idea of pouring cider into used 2L soda bottles would open up sanitation issues.

>> No.4902952

>>4902934
I also recommend Starsan. My chocolate-nut porter came out fantastic, even if the brew bucket fractured during the next use.

Fuck plastic.

>> No.4902960

With no airlock the alcohol will just evaporte.

>> No.4902980

>>4902960
nope...you fail,airlock is to avoid oxidation

>> No.4902993

>>4902885

Good luck m8, but you'll get nowhere with cheap apple juice/cider. I tried Zeigler's from Walmart, and after 6 weeks of fermentation with no results, I read the label on the jug. Potassium Sorbate's a bitch.

>> No.4903002

I just remembered I have a gallon of uncarbonated grocery store cider from July.

I think I'll cool it and drink some tonight, will probably still taste like ass

>> No.4903022

>>4902993
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Musselman-s-100-Juice-Apple-Cider-128-oz/10535876

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>>4903022

>> No.4903071

>>4902993
You failed at label reading my friend.

If you really waited 6 weeks before realizing no fermentation was going on, I don't know what to say. 72 - 96 hours is a good indicator.

>> No.4903075

>>4903071

kept trying to kickstart it, threw yeast four times at different temps, added sugar, added some chemicals from the homebrew shop, then realized i am damascus.

>> No.4903082

>>4903075

Sorry. I'm now giving you my sympathies.

You obviously know something about what you're doing.


There are a lot of good homebrew forums to check out. Starting with the wrong juice with preservatives will fuck you every time.

>> No.4903129

>>4902960
With no proper airlock you run two scenarios.
Either air gets in and you just get a bottle of vinegar
Or no gas gets out, and you got a ticking time bomb.

>> No.4903132

>Homebrewing cider from low quality products
>Not going out at spring every year, picking dandelions, and making delicious dandelion wine.

Sure, it takes about a year to fully make, but dear god the efforts are worth it. 3 carboys can get you about 12-16 bottles.

>> No.4903142

>>4903132
post a recipe mah nigga

>> No.4903160

as mentioned multiple times above, the difference between a brewed product that tastes good and a brew that tastes like satan's ass is the cleanliness of your equipment.

any bacteria present in your brew at the start will multiply exponentially and not only fuck up the taste of your brew, but also compete with the yeast for nutrients, ultimately lowering yuor brew's alcohol content.

If you want to know more about cleaning your brew equipment, this is the best resource. it mentions beer specifically but really applies to any fermenting process.

http://realbeer.com/jjpalmer/cleaning.html

>> No.4903169

>>4902910
the plastics in the jugs they are sold in will break down with time, especially with a growing alcohol content, and leach into the brew.

If you're making a drink as shitty as this though, you probably don't care about some chemicals that may or may not act like estrogen in your body.

>> No.4903938

>>4902934
Would that stuff work for sanitizing water jugs too? It says no rinse, no taste, no harm etc. I just want to sanitize my 5 gallon water jugs.

>> No.4903958

Fleischmann's yeast will actually survive past 14% abv. Motts will do everything it can to stop that.

the first response in this thread is pretty much </thread>

you can attempt the idea, and it might work, but for about $3 + a little shopping around for more viable juice you can increase your odds of getting something substantially better tasting and higher ABV.

>> No.4904609 [DELETED] 

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>> No.4904641

>>4903169
>plastics in the jugs will break down
>recipe says to put it in a different plastic container

If you're going to get down and dirty with home brewing, I imagine you'll drink this in a couple weeks.

Glass is king of course.

>> No.4906376

>>4903132
pls post recipe

>> No.4906398

>>4903160
That is a fascinating link. So, in the interests of not having to fuck around with sanitizing bottles with small openings, risking ruining the brew because of some sanitizing agent remaining in the bottle, or some microorganisms surviving because something was wrong with the sanitizing solution, I figure the best route to go would be to get borosilicate carboys, as then I can just put them in the oven at 400 for an hour and have them completely sterile. After some research on where to buy them, and seeing that they costs hundreds, up to a thousand dollars each, it hit me that buying a used item in this case would be just fine, as the whole point of buying it is so that I can sterilize it anyway. I found a place that will sell 2 borosilicate carboys for $150. Not bad!