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I have a small batch of cider going in a 3L wine jug. I used my own home-pressed juice, sulfited and added EC-1118 yeast. After about a month of fermentation, I had a SG drop from 1.056 to 1.002. I also had about an inch of trub in the bottom of the jug and thought I would try racking. I only...

I was looking for a low cost way to keg homemade cider and came across the discussions of the Tap-a-Draft systems and the miller/coors Home Draft thingies (MCHDT). I decided to try to locate a MCHDT, called several distributors in the pittsburgh area and got several replies that they normally...

I'm just getting in to this cider/wine making hobby I've been trying to read up, but I want to be sure I understand a few things as I plan for some future equipment purchases. I started out simply because I had a surfeit of apples this year and decided to try pressing my own juice. I kept most...

I currently have my first batch of cider fermenting in a 3L wine jug. The juice is from sweet dessert (red and golden delicious) apples I have growing in my backyard. I suspected that they would not be high enough in acid content so I had some malic acid on hand to correct with. After pressing...

I just finished grinding and pressing my first batch of apples from trees I have growing in my backyard. I used a kitchenaid food grinder/sausage stuffer attachment to grind the apples and pressed them with a homemade press. I got through about a bushel of apples and got a yield of about 3.5...

My wife has a kitchenaid mixer that she got as a wedding present. I've had my grandmother's food grinder attachment for said mixer sitting in the basement for years. It did not occur to me until this week that it might work well for grinding apples. I tried it out today... my first time pressing...

I'm getting ready to press my first batch of apples and I'm wondering just how careful I need to be when sorting my fruit. I can spot a fungusy apple pretty easily, and I have very few of them to begin with. Buggy/wormy apples are a different story. I don't spray my apples so most have some...

I had a quick look through the classifieds and didn't find what I was looking for. Wondering if anyone might have an old handcrank apple grinder that they'd like to sell. I've already built a press, but I need something to do my pulverizing, and I'd prefer to keep my cash outlays to a minimum...

I don't know if this is the right forum for a question like this, but I thought someone here might have an opinion. I live in the city of pittsburgh, but with a nice-sized backyard. Along with the lot I inherited three very nice, mature apple trees. Two are red delicious, not my favorite...