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Probably a champagne yeast would be good for your sparkling cider. Are you planning to going sweet or dry?

Fireball - I too like Growers but can not get it down here in the States. I only get it when friends come down to visit me. That is the reason whyI started making my own cider. I'm still looking for the right mix of ingredients to match Growers. Here is what I have come up with So far for...

OK. I'm ok with the juice definition. Consider this... The place that commerially takes apples and presses the juice from the apples and typically sells it "freshly pressed" at the same location is called a ????? 1) Juice mill 2) My back yard 3) Orchard 4) Cider mill 5) all of the...

I like Growers in Canada however they will not ship to the US. At home when I have no Growers I will subsitute "Original Sin" CR

I was searching for instructions on the Mr Beer site and came accross this page Welcome to MR.BEER® - Hard Cider Kits Now here is a way to get your friends involved (hooked :drunk:) with a starter kit. Check out the link to refill kits on their site. CR

Thanks for the answers and movie. The cider that I have made does not get the movement that the liberty ale did. I guess I have to hope those little guys and girls get to eat all that nasty surgar. Thanks again. CR

EdWort mentioned in another thread to swirl the mix to put the yeast back into suspension for splitting up a batch of cider. This made me think of something. Being newbies we always have questions. Picture this if you may…. You get into a pool that is cold and as still as you can be. The...

The rat is is because I'm always in the cellar where the rats live. I'm not sure which I prefer. I keep changing more than one variable/ingredient in each batch which changes the taste and alcohol. I now think bottle aging is important. It is tough when we are noobs to be patient. I...

My first batch was with pasturized cider from a local mill. It did not clear like my batches of Apelwein did. Fresh cider has a lot of suspended solids in it. My second batch of apel I could read a paper on the back side of the 5 gal carboy. I couldn't come close to that with the fresh...

My first batch I used a Bucket with an airlock. I had the same feeling of hopelessness. I think the bucket lid flex's with the pressure inside. I think this leads us to that false sense that yeasties are not doing their job. I have switched to glass carboys since CiderRat

YooperBrew - Thanks for the reply. I wish I cold have let it sit for a long time. But it was my first batch and I was thirsty :mug:. I bought the Vinbrite after the first batch was bottled. I was thinkg of using it to filter when prep'ing for bottling my second batch. But I did not have...

I bottled some of my first batch of cider in Gallon jugs. There is sediment in the bottom of the jug. I would like to filter it out to offer someone a clearer cider so that they don't get turned off to the home brew. (:fro: I can hear you screaming at the computers, this is home made expect...

I have 5 gal completed and 5 gal fermenting which makes 10 gal total 6867.5+10=6877.5

I remember the same feeling on my first batch. But I pitched in when the ambiant temperature was 58 degrees in my basement. It took several days of scratching and worrying that I blew it too. It turned out great.

Bluespook - I am still a newbie at this too (only three batches). But it is definitely exciting in a strange sort of way to to watch the fruits of your labor change juice into something something that so wonderful so that you can disobey SWMBO. CiderRat

I bottled my first batch of Apfelwien two weeks ago. All 5g were bottled still. But the good thing is that I started my next batch the same day :drunk:. I woul like to try to carbonate some of this batch. When doing a cabonated version how do most carbonate? Sugar (dextrose)? Carb...

My first batch was started with Cooper Brewing Yeast. I just moved it to the secondary after being in the primary for 12 days. I had to try it. It will had a good apple taste to it. When I went to the wine/brew supply some one there had made cider. Asked about which yeast. He said that the...

I went through a quiet spell for 4 days, because of the cold in my basement. I tried the space heater, elevating to a counter top it off the floor. I received my brewbelt yesterday and put it on last night and this morning we are bubbling again. Any one know why they say you are not supposed...

Hi All - I been lurking here for a week or so and have found the list to be very helpful. So I decided to join. Hopefully in the future when I grown out of being a newbie I can repay the help that I was given. I have been interested in making wine or Cider. I prefer cider for drinking...