tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3537147682557117770.post-11662651821744370802007-11-01T12:25:00.000-06:002007-11-01T12:25:00.000-06:00Kevin,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your interest in what I've been doing. This is my first hard cider, and to say the least, I hope carbonation helps it taste and feel better. We tasted it only 4 days after bottling. It came out quite thin, and lacking in flavor. So I probably wont mind blending it with some apple juice in the glass.<BR/><BR/>I used a cider starter, which performed very well. And then I just poured all of that into the batch. And I used both all-natural, unfiltered apple juices and cider. I added a good amount of sugar, but would probably double it. And I think my original ideas of ginger and spices would work well too. <BR/><BR/>At bottling, I used enough corn sugar to build a volume of CO2 at around 2.75. I wanted a lot of fizz.<BR/><BR/>You are more than welcome to stop by on any given brewday (about 2/mo.). Please email me sometime redted8 at yahoo.Ted Danylukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416906043519452478noreply@blogger.com