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I've just picked about 2kg of cherries this evening from a tree on my street. I think they're St Lucie cherries. They're quite tart, and there are loads more ready to be picked, so I'm happy to experiment. I also have about 300 grams of gooseberries in the freezer. I have two little...

I'd like to graft some bud wood onto some apple trees. If anybody could give some advice, I'd be grateful. As it's the end of May, I understand that chip budding is the technique to employ at this time of year*. I live in the UK, and my family live in Ireland. In Ireland, there are five young...

I racked a cider from primary into secondary and topped up the secondary carboy with some apple juice to get rid of head space. The sugars in the apple juice have restarted a gentle fermentation which has been going on for five days now. Will I be able to measure the alcohol content with gravity...

How necessary is it to rack cider off the yeast cake after primary fermentation? This post on Stack Exchange suggests that a racking into secondary isn't necessary to prevent autolysis, however the post is discussing beers, not cider. The reason I ask is that I would like to make a batch...

Hi there I'm new to home brewing, and I've found this forum to be a great source of info. I'm working on my first home brewed cider and I have two batches on the go. I'd love some advice about timescales for secondary fermentation. Batch 1: About four litres of apple juice, which I...