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I started a hard cider a little over two weeks ago. I'm consider putting into secondary to clear it up. I'm wondering now (after reading some forums) if it's even necessary. What would I benefit with doing that? It's done fermenting. Should I just bottle?

Lol thanks. Took a sip and it already taste good. :) much better then my first cider tasting.

It's a porter. And thanks for all the help.

Im not sure what you mean by kit. Lol. For our first beer we told our local brew shop what kind of beer we wanted to brew and he put it together for us. We used 7lbs of malt extract and 5 different grains.

OG 1.080 Last reading 1.020 Unsure what to expect from final. Recipe didn't state. We have our carboys in a cubby keeping around 65-68 degrees.

Hello all, My husband and I started a cider almost two weeks ago. Our airlock is still bubbling, is that normal? Our porter slowed down after less then a week. I was hoping you all might have some insight on how long fermentation takes on cider. Thanks

Hello all, Our first beer hasn't shown signs of fermenting for awhile now. We took a second reading and I'm just wondering how long we should wait to take another reading to assure fermentation is done? Thanks for the help

Yes, we're on 48 hrs now.

This is what it looks like. Kinda hard to tell.

Just noticed I have some white crystals in a this layer on top of my cider. Normal?

I was thinking it was way to early for an infection, it just doesn't look right. I'll just wait a few days and see what happens. Thanks :)

I on Sunday (10/20/2013) my husband and I started a cider. When I got home yesterday there was a dense foam with a white spot in the middle. It looked odd, but I waiting to see what would happen. When I woke this morning the foam was gone but this thin layer of white film is still there. Now my...

So we started this cider on Sunday. My Monday there was this white stuff over the foam. When we woke up this morning the foam was gone and we had just this white film floating. It doesn't look normal to me. Can someone please give me some insight. This is my first cider and we just started...

So yesterday we started a batch of hard cider. Got the yeast in and put it in a dark place to ferment. Unlike our porter the yeast hasn't done so much. There is a thick layer or foam/gel on top. And laying on top of the yeast seems to be something white. I thought with an infection it wouldn't...

Hello all, So I have my first batch of hard cider fermenting as we speak. It was definitely easier then the porter we started last week but we still came into some minor difficulties, mostly on what exactly needed to be done. While looking over forums and websites I got a lot of different...

Thanks for the help. Today on our way to take my daughter to the pumpkin patch we passed by a local company selling fruit and they had apple cider with no preservatives or additives. :) I think I got lucky.

Hello, I am very new to brewing. My husband and I just brewed our first beer the other day, it's currently in our carboy fermenting. I'd like to start a cider today. Anyone have a fairly easy recipe to get me started? I don't have fresh apples or access to an orchard. So I'll need to buy...