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I'm about to start my first batch of mead and am reading up on the subject. The information out on the internet is very similar but there is one thing that I cannot understand : Why do you rack mead so often? I noticed many of you rack once from primary to secondary but why would you rack 3...

Each year I make 2 carboys of cider that I split with a friend. This year we got our juice at a local orchard in Magog (Qc) Canada : Les Vergers C.R. The owner had selected apples that are good for cider and made us a mix. Initially, the color was pink and there is a slight smell of bananas...

Hello, I just bottled 2 batches of 23L of cider. In both I used Freshly squeezed apple juice from the orchard Yeast was: Lalvin E-1118 In the second batch, I added frozen strawberries THEY TASTE LIKE WATER:confused::( Is it because I didn't use concentrate? Do you have any...

Hello, On sept 30th, I started two batches of cider (My first time from the juice). One was made with only Apple juice and, in the other, we added strawberries (not pressed) to the apple juice. About 8 days ago, a white foam appeared on the batch with the strawberries. It was solid. The...