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I've got 5 gallons of cider going that I plan on making into applejack and was wondering what the best way to store it is. I've read on here recently to use small containers because the flavor changes quickly after opening. Is oxidation really that big of an issue? And what type of containers...

Info I found........ Saccharomyces Bayanus Produces excellent ciders of all types make from apple or other fruit •Ferments well even under difficult conditions •Works in a wide temperature range (50 to 86F) •Works well in acidic wines down to 3.3pH •Specially selected yeast from the...

Was looking around online for 775 yeast for upcoming cider season and saw Fermentis Safcider. Anyone tried this yet?

Thanx for the replies guys. I was concerned they would get "funky" not being submerged in the mead. It's in a room that's 60-65 degs, so i'll let it be and rack after 10 days like you suggested. The seeds imparting off flavors is good to know. I'm scared I'll do more bad then good trying to...

I wanted to give a melomel a shot, so I decided to do strawberry. Chopped up 6 lbs of thawed strawberries and put into a 3 gallon carboy.I then racked the mead out of primary onto the strawberries. Fermentation started back up immediately and after about 3 hours, all those strawberries floated...

My attempt at thelema5s ginger cyser. Added 3 lbs honey and 3 lbs sugar to 6 gallons cider. Will add ginger to secondary. Using white labs wlp775 english cider yeast. I read this cider gives off a sulfur smell while fermenting, so I built an incubator out of an old smoker so I could do this in...

Awesome. That's the route I'm going to go then. Thanx guys

thanx for the vid, that did clear some things up. Mark, is there a noticeable loss of carbonation with the gun? I was thinking of making something just like it.

Decided to pick up another 6 gallons seeing the first gallon test batch was drank in one week. Hopefully 12 gallons will last till summer.

This is my first year doing cider and I'm trying several different ways. I'd like to back sweeten one batch and carbonate it, while also bottling it. I've done a little reading on counter pressure bottling from a corny and mostly understand it. My question is...... Can I force carb the cider in...