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Is it okay not to bottle it all, leaving the the carboy half full? bottle it and age it in the bottle? Should I refrigerate it? Thanks

This is my first attempt in making hard cider and I need a little help. I started my fermentation on October 9th (5 gallons of cider straight from the orchard with White Lab's English cider yeast WLP775). On October 25th, I racked it (I took a gravity reading at that time and I believe it was...

Not sure if it was truly UV treated. I asked the local orchard where I got it from if they add any preservatives. A worker there said no just UV. They do a huge amount of business on the weekend and they had a lot of cider sitting out not refrigerated. I had planned to start it that day but...

Need help I left 5 gallons of cider out in our basement for 5 days (sealed in 1 gallon containers). The basement is about 65 degrees. The cider has been fermenting on its own and all the containers were bulging out. I put it all in my 5 gallon bucket "as is" and added a package of 4766 cider...

Need help I left 5 gallons of cider out in our basement for 5 days (sealed in 1 gallon containers). The basement is about 65 degrees. The cider has been fermenting on its own and all the containers were bulging out. I put it all in my 5 gallon bucket "as is" and added a package of 4766 cider...