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Okay, it's not that big of a deal to do my dishes at the same time. It was kind of a joke. The main question was if I need to do anything aside from put the bottles in the washer and run the sanitize cycle. Do I? Does top or bottom rack matter?

A few I did and a few I didn't. Even the chilled ones went over some. (I didn't know that would matter though- I've been making wine for a few years and I am just starting on cider)

My cider is so bubbly that every time open one it foams over. Did I do anything wrong? It also seems to lose it's fizz fast once it is poured.

I have about 18 bottles of cider that I am ready to pasteurize. Do I just set it in the dishwasher and run it on the sanitation setting? Dumb question- any reason I can't do dishes at the same time? lol

This is my first batch of cider. Up until now I have made fruit wines, grape wines from kits and beer from kits. So it will be my first sparkling beverage made from scratch. It has fermented out to below almost .999. I have two gallons, how much sugar do I need to use to prime it? Do I basically...

Can I do anything to jump start it?

I added yeast to my cider yesterday and it does not appear to be fermenting., The cider jug said it had less than 1/10 of 1% potassium sorbate for freshness and I suspect that might be the reason. What can I do to get it going? Or is this batch ruined?

I was concerned that there would be too much pressure for the bottles. I have had wine corks pop out on me before, but it sounds like that isn't an issue here. I'm disappointed to hear it will take six months though, would sugar have been ready faster (i.e. should I go out and buy more cider for...

I have 5 gal of cider from the farmer's market. I plan to dissolve 3 pounds of honey into it along with champagne yeast and let ferment to about 1.01. Then what? I have sorbistat k and camden tablets, but I think I saw here that may alter the taste. But if I add priming sugar and bottle I'm...

I can't find unpasteurized cider here anywhere. I have considered making my own but I'm not sure if that is necessary. Can I use a jug of cider from Sam's? It has apples, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate listed as ingreadents? We've made wine and beer but this will be the 1st cider attempt...