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I don't think I want it carbonated. So pasteurize right away right?

One more question about this cider. when i rack into the secondary, do i backsweeten right away or leave it a few more days in the secondary? when i bottle, do i cap and pasteurize right away?

Thanks

One quick question about that Nottingham yeast. I ordered it online right. And the package clearly says keep from 40-70 degrees. I guarantee that it didn't stay In that temp range during shipping. Is that going to be a problem?

+1 on the stc 1000. It's hooked up and working great on my fridge. Now just need to wait for an open fermenter to try the cider again

Thanks I'll look that up

Yea I have a refrigerator for my brews but it's set in the 70 right now for what I'm brewing right now. I'll just wait and turn it down a bit

I'm deffinatly going to give it another try.

Is it also possible that 3 weeks was too long to let ferment? I never took any gravity readings. I just pretty much always let my brews go three weeks. Maybe that's why I lost all my sweetness

I dont have any info on the yeast. I went to this little brewing place near me but they were closed that day. There happend to be a guy still there and i said i just needed some wine yeast (because thats what the recipe called for) and he threw some out the door for me for free... i used it and...

I did not add nutrient. As far as iv read that is over kill (I'm sure I'm wrong) I used a wine yeast... I couldn't tell you what brand. So why does wine yeast make such a difference?

I'm using a mr beer fermenter. everything that touched anything got sanitized. I fermented for 3 weeks at 70 degrees in a temperature controled refrigerator. I'm deffinatly no pro brewer but this was my 5th brew (first cider tho) and all my other brews have come out as exspected. I tasted it...

I made this cider from the recipe on this site https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f81/caramel-apple-cider-235368 I followed the recipe, let it ferment for 3 weeks. Then tasted it as I bottled. It was disgusting. Really strong bitter alcohol taste, sour aftertaste. No sweetness at all, there was no...

i just bottled the cider after 3 weeks and took a taster of it. it tasted really bitter and harsh like alcohol, no sweetness at all. even after adding the honey it didnt change it much. it also had an odd sour smell to it. it didnt have any mold or floaters... what happend ?