muse435

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Have a gallon of unopened cider in my fridge, an empty jug, stopper, and an airlock just sitting unused. I was thinking of make a small batch. How much head space should I leave?

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SenorPepe

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Depends on yeast.

muse435

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I was thinking of using the Lalvin D-47 I have

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Primary - Oxi Clean
Secondary - Alpha (Apple Cranberry Cider),
Kegged - Sexxy Blonde Ale, Beta (Sweet Apple) Cider
Bottled - BB American Amber, Midnight Ale (Oktober"fast"), Winter Storm IPA, Evil Pumpkin Pie Ale, Santa's Other Helper, Maxwell's (Craisin Orange) Mead, Newton's (Semi-Sweet) Mead

UpstateMike

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Lalvin D-47 is supposed to be low foaming. If you are transferring this into a glass 1 gallon jug, I believe it will fill to where it says "ONE GALLON" on the side (about 4" from the top) of the glass. That should be adequate head space, but you may want to let the jug sit in a foil pan for the first week, just in case.

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