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• Posted in thread: Clearing my hard cider! on 02-06-2013 at 10:13 PM
  Is yeast necessary to clear my cider. I was thinking about racking into a carboy with a campden
  tablet to stop fermentation because I wanted a more sweet cider, but I also want it to be
  clear.

• Posted in thread: Did I use enough yeast? on 02-03-2013 at 04:05 AM
  I just made a 6.5 gallon of hard apple cider, but I only used one packet of dry champagne yeast
  and it says that it has to enough to make up to 5gallons. Will I still be ok to use just that
  one packet...

• Posted in thread: Blue Moon Clone Extract Recipe on 01-22-2013 at 06:27 PM
  I have slowly been perfecting this recipe. It started from something I got on these boards so I
  want to give credit to the board. It is very good and people that try it say it is better then
  Blue Moon...

• Posted in thread: Does killing yeast prevent clearing on 01-12-2013 at 02:42 PM
  I just finished fermenting a hard cider and want to kill the yeast to backsweeten, but will
  killing the yeast prevent my brew from clearing?

• Posted in thread: Pectin Enzyme not working?? on 01-10-2013 at 10:49 PM
  I put my pectin enzyme and my yeast in my brew roughly two minutes apart. The label said to put
  enzyme in 1 hour before fermentation so I thought I was ok since it was fermenting within an
  hour or so....

• Posted in thread: Hydrometer broke!!! Need help with original gravity. on 01-10-2013 at 08:57 PM
  Sounds good to me!sounds good to me

• Posted in thread: Hydrometer broke!!! Need help with original gravity. on 01-10-2013 at 08:56 PM
  This is using hopville's beer calculator. But it had those ingredients (apple juice)...Does
  that sound about right?Sounds good to me!

• Posted in thread: Hydrometer broke!!! Need help with original gravity. on 01-10-2013 at 08:40 PM
  Wish I could help, but I'd need the data in weight not volume.Ok so lets say it was 135 oz
  (3827grams) of juice, 220grams of maple syrup, and 255grams of dark brown sugar..

• Posted in thread: Hydrometer broke!!! Need help with original gravity. on 01-10-2013 at 08:26 PM
  So I was brewing my hard cider. When I was done creating the must I notice that my hydrometer
  was broke so I couldn't take and Original Specific Gravity reading. Could anyone give me a
  rough estimate ...

• Posted in thread: Best way to stop fermentation for backsweetening? on 01-10-2013 at 08:21 PM
  I am brewing a hard cider. I want to backsweeten when it hits my desired %ABV. How do I
  backsweeten it without having the yeast breakdown the sugar. I want a sweet carbonated hard
  cider.