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this might be a dumb question. i was wondering if i could siphon off and bottle my first batch of cider just leaving the yeast cake and simply refill the carboy with the next 5 gallons of juice and sugar. Or do i need to clean and sanitize everything again? thanks BCB

thanks guys...ill let you know what the abv is when I pick up my hydrometer. salute!

this i did not know...being new to brewing and fermentation in general, you hear of all these "3-4 weeks then, months and so on" stories about brewing...i guess i just figured that it took that long to complete the fermentation cycle...also it made me think about carbonation...obviously with...

yeah, i'm getting a hydrometer this weekend, i know its important. i tasted the cider when i transferred it to secondary and it tasted like a warm, flat, very dry champagne. i was planning on leaving it in my primary for longer but i feared losing fermentation due to lack of sugar when the...

hey all, making my first batch of cider, I used 5 gals of apple juice and 2lbs of brown sugar with cuvee yeast. It went gangbusters for a week then abruptly stopped. At first it looked like champagne with all of the carbonation inside and the air lock was bubbling furiously, day 7 i got...

hey guys and gals! for my first cider experiment I wanted to go super minimal, here's the scoop: I took (1) 32oz bottle of organic unfiltered apple cider and added a quartered organic apple that I let brown on the counter for a few hours and a handful of raisins. I then put a balloon on...

Just joined the site...stoked to be here! just started my first cider experiment and have inherited three 6 gal carboys air locks and all the beer brewing accoutremal I can shake a stick at...yee haw!