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Thanks for all the imput! we will be trying a few different yeasts next time around!!

I couldnt find any ale yeasts locally, so i think i will order some online for next time. We ended up using champagne yeast in both, one with brown sugar and one with white sugar so we will see how they turn out in a few months! :)

We are trying to make cider for our 2nd time. Our first batch came out tasty using champagne yeast, but was a little too strong for me(around 14% alcohol) and was lacking the apple flavor a bit. we are going to do two batches this time around and I wanted to try a new yeast. Our local brew...

Over the holiday weekend we were sharing our first batch of hard cider with family, and my grandfather said that his dad used to make hard cider and he would add brandy to the cider at the very beginning. he said it added to the alcohol content and to the flavor. Has anyone heard of this or...

OK so we are going to start 2 more batches right after the new year. I think I will take your advice and not use the champagne yeast again. with this batch I think with time it lost the apple flavor a bit. I dont mind the strongness, as long as it is smooth. I am a wine lover so maybe we will...

we used champagne yeast... and while i was at work today my fiance bottled our batch. I dont taste the campden at all actually, its tasts pretty good but could be better. we are going to start a couple more batches within the next couple weeks. Should we use the champagne yeast again? Any...

We tasted our cider and it is real dry, a little carbonated, and a bit strong!! we got some campden tablets, we are going to add them to stop it from fermenting any more, and add a little sugar to smooth it out, and bottle in the next day or 2. if anyone has any other suggestions i would love...

Is it ok to bottle if I am still getting one air bubble every 20-30 seconds? our cider was started on 10/5 and we were thinking that it would be ready for christmas. If we bottle now will it blow the corks?

Do we have to wait to bottle it until it stops fermenting? Im assuming yes, becuase the pressure would blow out the cork right?

this is our first attempt at making cider. We started our cider on 10/2 in a 6 gallon carboy, we racked it off on 11/1 topping it off with 1/2 gallon fresh cider and 3/4 cup of sugar... the fermenting seems to have slowed down but still has an air bubbble appx every 25-30 seconds. Does...

Our first batch of cider will be ready very soon, what type of bottles can we use? we have been collecting 750ml wine bottles and purchased new corks, now i am hearing that using beer bottles are better. are wine bottles ok? any suggestions?

No, I just found this website today. really all we did was filled a 6 gallon carboy, added 5 pounds of white sugar and one package of champagne yeast and let it sit. Im thinking we should have bottled it when we tasted it because it was so good, but just pretty dry.

Do you really need to heat up the cider? We just started our very first batch about a month ago and we were told not too, and actually to add the yeast when the cider was at room temp. At 4 weeks in our cider stopped bubbling completely so we racked it off and tasted it and tested that alcohol...