Welcome!!! first off the bat is Hard Cider!!!

Hello and welcome to my newest blog. All about home brewing. I already operate my town house garden blog so i thought id just do both things i love.. Today's first post is gonna be a intro in making Hard Cider!!! Its very easy compared to brewing your own beer. No cooking!!! This totaled out to be about 32 dollars to make 5 gallons of hard apple cider!! Cant wait to enjoy!

first off we start with a english cider yeast. im using a white labs WLP775..

costco had a amazing deal on this organic martinellis for 4.99 a gallon!!!

my carboy and funnel are already sanitized and ready for me to add the juice!!

apple juice going in!!

we us all 5 gallons.. before i put the last gallon in we add the yeast and use the last gallon to wash it down!

here you can see the yeast cloud sinking down the carboy!

put my air lock in and thats it.

put in my tub just in case of explosion. its happened before and i had hops on my ceiling. now i wait then i keg and carbonate. love having a keg and co2. i hear bottling isnt all that fun.

the apple cider is sitting next to my IPA that i brewed a week and a half ago. cant wait to try that. any new brewing adventures will be here so keep a eye out. on another note. found cascade hops on ebay for 6 dollars a pound. bought 5 pounds for 36 dollars shipped!!! my local store is 5 dollars for 2 ounces!!