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That's what I was worried about. I didn't disturb the yeast cake at all while racking...hoping I don't have an infection...

So I just bottled and pasteurized a 6 gallon batch of hard berry cider. I started with 6 gallons of organic cider and fermented for 3 weeks with Notty. After that I added 32 oz's of organice honey and 34 oz's of organic berry nectar. Now I never added pectin so the cider was pretty cloudy the...

Cider tastes great!!! I have a lot of floaties going on however, I'm thinking that's a combination of the stuff that was already in the cider and the yeast. The color and taste is great though. Pasteurizing today. Ben

KeyWest, I'm two weeks into fermentation and I'm still pretty cloudy. I see a lot of guys talking about pectin and leaving cider for 3 to 4 months. I know you said a little over two weeks, just trying to clarify what I should be doing.

Just got the cider and notty in the carboy. I was thinking about what you were saying about trying to add different flavors as opposed to the peach. My wife really really likes the berry burst cider at BJ's. Any idea what I could add to try and mimic that. Ben

Actually, just found that one of the MODS posted an enitre tutorial on the subject. Thanks much, I'll be doing this soon.

I am really excited to try it. I'm going to give it a go as soon as my German Hef is out of my primary. Once it's in the secondary it will free up a carboy for me. Can you explain the pasteurizing process a little. If you don't want to elaborate that's cool I can look it up. Just wanted...

Can you explain a little more about the bottling portion. So you're saying that essentially instead of priming sugar the honey and nectar is doing that job. Why is it necessary to pasteurize. Still learning but this sounds good, thanks!! Ben

Hey all. Recently I decided to turn my love of beer into a hobby. I did my first boil this weekend and have a malt extract German Hef sitting in the primary. I would like to quickly step my game up to all grain. Anyways, just wanted to say hi and I look forward to checking out all the...