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To keep the seed spreading animals guessing (bears, deer, etc.), wild apple trees adapted a biennial tendency and will have a heavy crop every other year. In southeast PA, I’m also seeing low crop yields in the wild apple trees here. Last year was heavy. I believe this is what you are observing.

Thanks for all the great advise. I peeked inside the fermentation bucket this morning, and while the airlock is not bubbling, there is a foamy head on the surface of the liquid and a sour smell which I read is typical during fementation. This Saturday will be a week and I will take a gravity...

I have been homebrewing for a couple months now and decided to dive into my first cider batch. It's been four days now and I am not seeing any signs of fermentation...at all. I am doing a five gallon batch, I sanitized everything, I made sure I aerated the cider and the yeast really well, the...

Ok, say I have a recipe that calls for 1 can of Malt Syrup-Light and 3 lbs. of Malt Powder-Light. The syrup and powder seems a little processed and unnatural. Am I sacrificing quality by using these in my recipe? And if so, is there a higher quality, more natural malt subsitute. And if there is...