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Just got home after a few days on the road in my cider smells AWESOME. The safale S-04 is really a nice yeast and I don't mind having it fermenting away in my home office the least. Anyway, my primary is a brew bucket. Lots of great fermentation going. Airlock bubbles up ever five seconds...

Is this thick mat of krausen OK? I only recently switched from using a glass carboy as my primary to using the brew bucket. In the carboy it usually clings to the side of the fermenter and then stays there when I siphon into the secondary. Should I skim this off the top of the brew so it...

I'm about to pitch Safale S-04 in 6 gallons of juice. I added the capden tablets and pectic enzyme about 36 hours ago. I'm thinking about adding a combination of Turbinado sugar, Morena sugar AND two different types of honey. Is there any downside to mixing the fermentables like that? I...

I've got about 4.5 gallons of cider fremented with Safale S-04 to about 8.75%ABV. It's a nice stiff brew! I want to backsweeten it a bit. I'm going the still cider route for this batch because I want to focus on a good flavor rather than a carbonated beverage. Anyway, I tossed five crushed...

I've been fermenting a few jugs of juice in the following way: 1) put fresh pressed, unpasteurized juice in jug 2) close jug 3) wait 4) occasionally "burp" the lid. The results so far are an incredibly clear tasty brew, lightly carbonated, sweet with a slight alcohol taste. I have no idea...

I thought I had appropriately sterilized my equipment prior to brewing but I'm starting to suspect something might be wrong. After 7 days of fermentation I'm noticing some pretty suspicious growth forming on the surface of the cider and on the top of the inside of the glass fermentation vessels...