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I started a simple cider a week and 2 days ago, 1 gallon of apple juice no sugar, pitched a Cider yeast Youngs. For those who might know specific strains Saccharomyces bayanus. Well, I checked it today and the yeast has fallen down already! It used to be yellow due to yeast and today it dropped...

Hello, I want to make some good cider and I would like to clarify some things to make sure I end up with a good product. I have got wine yeast, a 5 litre jug, 5ltr apple juice and little plastic 500ml bottles(sparkling water bottles that I recycled). I am not 100% about Carbonation and also I...

Well. It's been a month and a week in and it has gone perfectly clear, that is great, but it tastes rotten. I have to put juice concentrate and water along with it for it to be drinkable because it has gone dry. Is there anything I could do for next time to fix this? Maybe hard cider isn't...

Hey, I started a JAOM on the 1st there(2 litres) I put about 350g honey to it(12.34 ounces). I need to get it up to 600+ g. So I was thinking I could just go buy some honey and put it in there later. Is this okay? Also, I may have used too much cinnamon, well It tastes okay but it was...

Hello, I'm looking to start a mead, sounds easy enough but I am unsure how much honey to use for a batch as small as 2 litres :p

Hey, I started a batch of cider 3 weeks ago with store bought apple juice and I let it ferment dry and it sort of tastes dry. No apple flavor whatsoever. Will this make a turnaround so the flavour comes back out or can I backsweeten it?

I am fermenting store bought apple juice and so far it smells great, however a few days ago it turned yellow. I'm wondering am I right to be panicking or is this normal. It has now been fermenting a week and four days. Will this clear up and return to a brown colour?