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I just recently started homebrewing. Within the last 4 weeks I've noticed if I leave the mix (1tbs/gal) in glass or plastic bowls or the caraboy, and actually even the hose, for more than a few hours it turns milky with a powdery build up. On a glass and plastic bowl I even had to scrub pretty...

Or more accurately Applewine, lol. Ok so day 8! I decided to sample it yesterday after 5 days of sitting in secondary. Sure enough after adding the extra apple juice it has started fermenting again but slower thankfully since Ive lowered the storage temperature. The alcohol smell has...

Hello everyone. I recently started my first batch of hard cider using champagne yeast with 3 gals of motts natural juice (very pulpy) 24oz of apple concentrate and about 12oz of light brown sugar. It started out at 1.6gravity and fermented quick in 2.5 days (I now know my temp was too high)...

Hello all. I started my first batch of hard cider 2.5 days ago. Fermentation has almost completely stopped as I have no bubbles and my gravity has surprisingly dropped to about .970. What now?? I expected to have more time... Also is that gravity too low? I am stuck with no way to purge...

Hello yall. I just started my first batch of cider yesterday and it is glub glubbing away at like a bubble a second right now. I'm following directions from howtomakehardcider.com and saw nothing there or in my other research about aeration or the dangers of oxygen turning my cider into vinegar...