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Holy crap! My head hurts! There are 6 servings in the container. Thanks for all the help.

Thanks Alot! :mug: Ok, wasnt as easy as it sounded. juice concentrate has 28grams of sugars in a 12 ounce can. Help!!! How many ounces of concentrate??

Bottling my batches of cider this weekend. I want them carbed, I am planning on using a frozen apple juice concentrate. How much should I use for each gallon of cider to get a nicer sparkle without freaking out about bottle bombs?? TIA!

I was wondering if someone might be willing to help me out. I need a label for my Cider that I have prepared for a big football game tailgate coming up. I was hoping to have a grasp on some image editing software and be able to do it myself but with my schedule as of late I havent had the...

I'm preparing for the upcoming football season and am trying to figure out the best way to get my cider from home to parking lot. I saw a Tap System w/ platic bottles that runs off of small co2 cartridges. will that be ok? or should I just stick w/ bottles? Thanks......

Ok, a few changes..... couldnt find the frozen concentrate, so...... I used 2 (15 oz.) cans of pitted bing cherries in heavy syrup and 2 qts. of Welch's Cherry Burst fruit juice. Also added 3 tablespoons of pure clover honey to the dissolved brown sugar/distilled water mixture. Cooled...

Ok, this is it... I 'm going to do it... No Stopping Me Now!!! Here's the plan, 2 gallons of Sweet Cider 1 gallon of Apple Juice 2 cans of Frozen Cherry Concentrate 2 lbs. Brown Sugar dissolved in Distilled Water Distilled Water to bring total in bucket to 5 gallons. Montrachet Wine...

Thanks for all the great info. This is exactly what I am looking for. I don't want it to be sugary sweet. Just a good apple bite. The commercial stuff is a little to sweet for me.

Just want to be sure I have this info processed correctly. I want to backsweeten and bottle carbonate my next batch. If I have read everything correctly I can use apple concentrate to accomplish both tasks at the same time. Do I have this right? Any particular do's or don'ts using this...

If I want good looking labels that won't run or smear while in ice, what labels should I use? Should I have them done professionaly? Any advice is appreciated.

Ok, I have decided to make some cider. What are the bare requirements I need to make a 5 - 7 gallon batch? Is it worthwhile to buy a brew kit?

Heya everyone! I absolutely love "Hardcore Cider" made by Sam Adams brewing. I was wondering if there is a recipe out there I could use to closely replicate the wonderful taste. I am not a cider purist so this may not be a very good tasting cider in the scheme of things but I enjoy it...