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I racked it from primary to secondary them racked it from secondary to cold crash.. So your saying I have to rack it again. Is it alright to just slowly pour it do I have to syphon it?

I put a gal. of hard cider in the frig to cold crash and stop fermentation, do I need to do anything else or is it ready to drink? Is it alright to leave it in that carboy?

I'm brewing my second ever batch of hard cider and it has a strong bad smell. Is it suppose to smell that way? My first batch didn't smell at all.

Ok thanks. This is the one I'm gonna try next. For a 1 gal batch: Ingredients: 2 cups raw sugar (I would believe that the sugar is interchangeable, doesn't matter if it is white or brown) 250 ml honey 1 gal Apple Juice/Cider (preservative free) Any standard wine/champagne yeast. Method: 1...

Ok. I tasted my cider today. Not sure if I like it. Maybe someone could tell me what I need to do next time. This is what I did: I put a gallon of apple cider in a glass 1 gallon jug with about 3 grams of Lalvin D47 wine yeast. I put the air lock on and let it ferment for about 11 days. The...

Ok Thanks. I guess I just have to wait now. Nicole

So I took your advise and started small, a gal of apple cider, and about 3 g of yeast. But when I bought the packet of yeast 2 weeks about I didn't store it in the refrigerater. Does that matter? and The apple cider was cold right out of the frig. Was it suppost to be room temp.? Let me know...

Ok I searched for Apfelwine and this is the recipe that I got: Ingredients 5 Gallons 100% Apple Juice (No preservatives or additives) I use Tree Top Apple Juice 2 pounds of dextrose (corn sugar) in one pound bags 1 five gram packet of Montrachet Wine Yeast Equipment 5 Gallon Carboy...

Someone suggested searching for Aphelwine and this is the recipe that I got: Ingredients 5 Gallons 100% Apple Juice (No preservatives or additives) I use Tree Top Apple Juice 2 pounds of dextrose (corn sugar) in one pound bags 1 five gram packet of Montrachet Wine Yeast Equipment 5...

Hello, I'm new and I need some help. I want to make hard cider that is sweet and fizzy but I don't know what recipe to use. I've been searching but there are so many I don't know how to decide. I've never done this before so I need something simple and easy to understand, but by 'simple' I...

Hello, I'm new and I need some help. I want to make hard cider but I don't know what recipe to use. I've been searching but there are so many I don't know how to decide. I've never done this before so I need something simple and easy to understand. Here is what I have (let me know if I...