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My local cider mill is charging 5.25 a gallon this year.

I rehydrated and pitched the yeast last night around 8. Just got home from work and I'm getting bubbles every 2-3 seconds. I'm very excited :)

Alright, I stopped at my local home brew store and picked up a few things. I grabbed two ale pales (1 with a spigot for bottling), lids with air lock holes, an auto siphon, star san, and I also grabbed two packets of champagne yeast just in case I decide to use them instead. Just to double...

The idea is to make a drier cider. Not extremely dry, but definitely not too sweet. It's a white wine yeast from what I understand. 15%?! I wasn't expecting that haha. Is this a bad thing necessarily? So 4-6 weeks in the primary, then another 4-6 in the secondary? I plan on it being...

Alright so I'm new to making cider (actually completely new to brewing in general) and I just wanted you guys to check my plans before I attempt to do this. 1) I'll be buying 5 gallons of cider from a local cider mill. 2) I'll be heating it and adding 2 lbs of brown sugar to it 3)...