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When you say: When it's foamy, add a bit more of the must. Do this about 3-4 times by just adding more must a little at a time. Do you mean to add a little bit of the foamy primary liquid into the small 2 cup must with the pinch of yeast starter and nutrient? And then after 2 days, add the 2...

I just heard something the other day from a fellow brewer that he uses a packet of Knox Gelatin dissolved in some water and added/mixed into your fermenting liquid to clear up cloudiness in the liquid. Although I haven't tried this yet, I'm looking forward to trying it.

Thanks for your reply yodalegomaster. Never once did any of the recipes I was reading say that the nutrient was a required ingredient. I'll get on that very soon, have to get the grape nuts first. I added the grape nuts liquid and could see clumps of it floating on top. A few days later I saw...

I attempted to make a 4 gallon batch of hard cider ale from scratch last Saturday 4/10/2010 in our 6 gallon beer making fermenting barrel. I used 1 packet wine yeast and about 2 lbs. of dextrose corn sugar. I sterilized the fermenting barrel & added 1/2 gallon of BJ wholesale apple juice...