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Hey folks, I finally managed to score some FRESH cider without preservatives. The Whole Foods had some from a Georgia orchard (Mercier) today. I haven't seen it there before, so I imagine they just started pressing recently for the year. It was expensive in my opinion, $5.99 a gallon, but it...

Hey folks, Just curious, does anybody know of any home apple presses besides this one? Looks nice, but always good to look around. http://www.homeciderpress.com/ Plans to make one would also be informative.

Hey folks, I've been struggling for a while to find a source of decent cider/juice here. Apple juice is fine, but I personally prefer something more akin to sweet "cider" for brewing, and for drinking. Unfortunately, the only source I have here (besides getting some shipped from family in...

Hey folks, Just curious, because I know there is a lot of overlap between homebrewers and sourdough bakers... Has anyone tried out Carl Griffith's 1847 Oregon Trail Sourdough Starter, that you get for free with a SASE? See http://home.att.net/~carlsfriends/source.html I'm just wondering...

Hey folks, I'm just curious, because I have some extra sourdough starter... What do you think the result would be if I added the sourdough starter (Candida milleri or some other bread yeast and Lactobacillus sanfranciscensis) to some apple juice, adding some maltose for the Lactobacillus...

1) In determining the ratio of water to honey, about how much water does a pound of honey correspond to? I'm thinking about making a small batch (1 gallon) of a 3:1 ratio mead, and cannot find a recipe on point. 2) What purpose does the gypsum serve in many mead recipes?

Hey Folks, I've got a quick question. I just bought a 2-gallon fermentation bucket with drilled and grommeted lid for small cider batches. I pitched a full tube of White Labs Sweet Mead yeast into a little under 1.5 gallons of White House AJ. The lower amount of AJ is because I plan on...