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Thanks! I've added the recommended dosage of both energizer and nutrient. I didn't get the fizz that you describe, but I haven't looked in a couple of hours. Whats the difference between the energizer and nutrient? The guy at my brew shop told me to use both and I see they both contain...

How long is "slow at getting started"? I pitched in some shake n pitch WLP023 Burton Ale yeast 3 days ago into my cider and no activity yet. I've had much faster starting times using re-hydrated champagne yeast (less than one day).

I dug more into the forums and the light issue has come up in regards to skunking beer (hop oils reacting with photons to produce sulfur). There are no hops in my cider, but I wonder if when I use my clear better bottle the next time, I should find it a dark closet.

I asked a very similar question to my local brew store peeps. They said that plastic is fine, but reserve a cider only plastic fermenter, because hop flavor from beer brewing has a tendency to "soak" into the plastic. Didn't seem very technical, but they have way more experience than me...

Hello all. I have a question that came up today when I was wondering whether my yeasties were starting to work away in their 5 gal white plastic "Ale Pail" home. I could not see them, and too early for bubbles. However, I have greater confidence in yeast activity when I can see the must in...

Thanks,I ended up going with L1118 Champagne yeast from my local shop. Im going for a bit on the dry side, but I'd like to have a little bit of the apple flavor left over. Maybe I'll save some of the batch juice to mix in during secondary?

Hello all. I've had an interesting first attempt at making ice cider Froze 20# apples in my freezer Ground them into frozen pulp Tried to press juice, but way too frozen (didn't take temp) Let thaw overnight until temp was approximately 25F Got a little over a gallon of super syrupy...

Actually, I was trying to avoid transferring to "regular" bottles because I am not a fan of the crown capping, bottle washing process. However, its a small batch, so it won't be so bad...Does anyone else have ideas for bottling into bigger vessels? I quite fancied the idea of bottling into the...

Thanks. So...when it comes time for bottling, can I forgo the priming sugar, remove the airlock and put a cap on the growler? I imagine that maybe some carbonation would still be retained....

Hello brewers Im mentally putting together my setup for a 2-3 gallon cider batch. Im trying to work with what I already have because money is tight Primary Fermenter - 5 gallon Ale Pail w/ lid and airlock, let most of the activity happen here and then rack to secondary Secondary -...