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Hey everyone, Have been brewing cider for a few years now and have never had this happen.....last Sunday I started brewing six gallons of raw cider from a local press, all I added was a few cups of sugar and yeast. This morning I noticed no activity in the airlock so I went to check the sg...

I am thinking this mold on my child? If it is will someone send me a new mother?

Hey Everyone, just started my first Kombucha fermentation. I am just wondering how long it takes to see the formation of the child SCOBY. I am just wondering because the temp in my apartment fluctuates between like 75-80 during the day and between 65-70 during the night and am worried it may...

Hi Everyone, I have just moved to LA in the last few weeks. I originally lived in Southern New Jersey and had a place to make fresh cider for brewing. Now that I am in LA I am wondering if anyone know of a good brew store(Los Feliz area), also if anyone here does apple pressing or knows of a...

Quick question. When making cider, when the fermentation is slowing down usually after about a 2-3 weeks i rack into secondary. When it is in the secondary more sediment/yeast drops out of solution. Is it ok for the cider to sit on sediment for aging (4-12 months) or should the cider be...

Planning on picking up six gallons of Nebbiolo juice this week. Any suggestions on yest strains? I have been making cider for a year now and this will be my first try at wine making so any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

I have been aging a cider for a few month now. I just started a new batch earlier today and bumped the airlock on the aging batch(I am using a three piece airlock). The piece of the airlock that goes up and down to release pressue is now sitting all the way down on the tube inside the airlock...

If I boil Rhubarb in a few cups of water, and add it to my cider do I need to add campden to the secondary? Thanks.

Has anyone made a rhubarb cyser? If so I have a few questions. How much rhubarb per gallon? And how to add the rhubarb to the cider? Should it be boiled and mashed or just mashed? Also if I am using fresh rhubarb should I add campden to the mix? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have...

Has anyone made a rhubarb cider? If so I have a few questions. How much rhubarb per gallon? And how to add the rhubarb to the cider? Should it be boiled and mashed or just mashed? Also if I am using fresh rhubarb should I add campden to the mix? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have...

A week ago I started a cyser. I used five gallons organic cider and about a gallon of wildflower honey. Sg was 1.110 when started. I just racked it to the secondary this morning, the gravity is 1.011. Before racking the airlock was bubbling about every 3-5 seconds. Now that it is in the...

Has anyone tried making a very high alcohol content cider with turbo yeast and a whole bunch of sugar? If so how long did it need to age for, and did you back sweeten, add other ingredients, so on and so forth? I realize this may be a stupid question but I am just curious. Thanks

I am thinking about using honey as my sugar for my next batch of cider. I am having trouble finding out how much honey to put into my mixture. I am going to use a six.5 gallon carboy to ferment. I know that how much honey will effect the alcohol content, it is just to taste. I just need a...

Yesterday I started my first cider. Wondering if anyone has any advice or suggestions for moving along with. So I started with: 4 Gallons Organic unfiltered pasteurized apple juice 1/2 Pound Organic Brown Sugar 4 Grams Nottingham yeast Poured half a gallon of the apple juice into my 6...

Hi Everyone, I started my first batch of hard cider last night(first time brewing anything). This morning when I woke up the airlock seemed a little low, so I tried added a little water to the lock. When I did that about three drops of water were sucked into the carboy. What I had in the...