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Trying to back sweeten my cider batch. Guy at the home brew store swore by wine conditioner. I afraid of fermentation restarting with it.... Anyone know How does this affect flavor ?

Week and a half ago I added sorbate and campden to my cider batch that I used safale s04 with. Then I topped it up with cider to fill the air space. This was an accident because the cider restarted fermentation. Now it has slowed again, I think I'm ready to bottle. Is the sorbate still...

My cider fermented to dryness. I racked off the lees and I added 5 campden tablets and potassium sorbate. Then I topped off with more cider to fill the air space in the carboy. Now its two days later and I think the cider I added is fermenting and the sorbate and campden isn't working. What do...

I have a 6 gallon batch of cider. i fermented it in primary for 2 weeks and it is 8% abv after going from 1.060sg to 1.000sg. last night i took the batch off its lees and put it in a fresh clean carboy. i added potassium sorbate, 5 campden tablets, and topped off with one gallon of fresh...

I making a five gal batch of cider with safale s04 with a starting gravity of 1.060 so around 8% abv. It Will have been going two weeks in primary tommorrow. It's my first time using safale s04 so I'm unsure of the best fermentation time frames. I want it to taste sweet and not dry or like...

I had my safale s 04 yeast peak after 24 hours in my 5 gallon batch of cider and it required a last minute blow off valve. Now I have a lot of krausen residue stuck to the top of my carboy where the airspace is. Can leave the residue there till I go to secondary fermentation in a week or two or...

My 5 gal cider batch is one day into fermentation and the "krausen" I think it is called is going up into the airlock. Now what do i do ? And is this the worst or is the krausen going to get more violent In the next few days ...? Thank you Kevin

I'm making 5 gallons of hard cider. While I know strong smelling "rhino farts" are normal to brewing cider, I was curious if the gas that is released is dangerous to breathe if not properly ventilated out of the basement I'm brewing in. Also if ventilation is needed, how much ? Thank you !

I added 2 campden tablets to my 2 gallons of cider along with potassium sorbate last week. I let the batch sit in the in the carboy for one week as i was told you should do before you can bottle the batch. How ever the crushed tablet pioeces never dissolved, only floated on top. 1) What...

I had 5 gallons of cider in secondary fermentation that have fully cleared. I bottled half of it as i am carbing it, and needed the yeast alive to do so. The two gallons i had left i added 2 camden tablets and potassium sorbate. I was told they need to sit for a week once those are added...