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So I have been capping 22 ounce beer bottles filled with carbonated applewine and I was curious as to if this would be a viable method of storing and aging and if anyone knew if there was an advantage or disadvantage to this versus other methods? I know having a cork lets it breathe but I dont...

Is there a way to make a fruit concentrate without boiling? I would like to make a Apple wine. Ideally I would some how manage to evaporate a lot of water out, leaving me with a thick syrupy apple juice which I would then put into a carboy with yeast and let it do its thing. I have...

a few weeks back I bottled some apple cider, cyser, and apple wine all varying between 5% and 10.5% ABV. I hoped that they would bottle carb and it seems that all of them have to varying degrees. The thing is... there is significant deposits of lees on the bottom of the bottles. I have read that...

I have some cider which got too strong and killed off all of the yeast from its high ABV. Can I dillute the cider and then add more yeast? I am trying to carbonate it but I cant because the yeast died off. I dont have easy access to champagne yeast.

_______________________________________ Test 1 1 gallon motts 3 cups brown sugar 20 raisins 1/5 packet nottingham yeast dash of yeast nutrient OG ???? FG 1.021 Tastes sweet. Has very strong alcohol taste. Enjoyable but probably needs to age a while FG seems pretty high. I think the cider is...

If I bottle a cider with an OG 1.05 - FG 1.01 will it bottle carb by itself? Will it not have enough to turn fizzy? Do I need to add priming sugar? Anyone know at what point I can get away with doing this safely without bottle bombs?

I made a cider with 1 gallon cider - 16 cups (empire unorganic, organic gala, mott's cider) 1 1/2 cup raisins 3/4 cup white sugar 1 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup honey 1/2 cup maple syrup 1/4 cup cinnamon and sugar 1/5 packet yeast (nottingham) dash of yeast nutrient did NOT heat the...

Can I add a soda that contains Sodium Benzoate to cider to kill fermentation?

After 11 days of fermenting, I believe my Test #1 1 gallon cider - 16 cups (Motts cider only) 3 cups brown sugar 20 raisins 1/5 packet yeast (nottingham) dash of yeast nutrient Test #2 1 gallon cider - 16 cups (empire unorganic, organic gala, mott's cider) 1 1/2 cup raisins 3/4 cup white...

50 oz tropicana low acid 1/4 packet windsor yeast nutrient 1 cup sugar This stuff was insanely strong smelling. It was about 8% abv and almost all of the sugar was completely gone from this I added about 2 cups of white sugar and heated it with the orange juice until it became...

I have a strange result from one of my test samples, it seems like a bit of a riddle for me maybe someone here would understand it byut I dont! 1/2 gallon cider 1 cup white sugar 1 pound strawberries (blended) 1 pint blueberries (blended) 1/5 packet yeast (nottingham) dash of yeast...

Sorry to ask so many questions but I am new and just figuring things out I promise this is probly the last bit of questions for a while!! 1) My cider is coming along great after 3 days. One of them however, has overflowed into the airlock. I am worried about this but it seems that it is still...

I finally got to go to the homebrew store and pick up some yeast and some gallon glass containers. I am making these four test recipes, what do you guys think? Whatever happens I am excited and will post results :) Test #1 1 gallon cider - 16 cups (Motts cider only) 3 cups brown sugar...

Hey all, I am new here. I absolutely love cider and I want to learn how to make cheap tasty cider I read a ton of information on the internet and was bored tonight so I decided to fool around a little bit. I took a gallon of Mott's cider, mixed it in with some unwashed, blended organic...