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So I did a 3 gallon batch with 20 oz of Sun-maid brown raisins as yeast. It worked, it worked so good. They dry the regular(non-golden) raisins in the vineyard so there should be some legit wine yeasts on them. Going off this reasoning I did 20 oz of raisins and some nutrient and energizer. I...

I was talking with a friend of mine who is a chef and he had some strange ideas for ciders. I culled out a few and I wanted to see if I could get some feedback on them. These would all be flavorings for an apple base. The first is a coconut cider. I like the idea, but there is the problem of...

I've had a crazy idea floating around in my head ever since I had some smoked bourbon on vacation last April. I did a little research on how bourbon is smoked and found out it's pretty easy with the right tool. If you bubble in smoke using a smoking gun you don't need to add anything, just smoke...

I'm pretty new to cider making and I've searched this forum, but couldn't find any info on using dried fruit. Does it work? I've got some dried cherries i want to use. If they do work how do people normally prepare them?