Thanks for all of the help. Looks as though I really over did it with the sugar - I chose two cups perhaps we because my brother had made a gallon of blackerry wine some years back, I believe he just crushed the berries and added a cup of sugar and let the wild yeast do it's thing, I remember...
Hello.
This was my first attempt at making Apple cider - the problem is that it's completely dry with a way higher ABV than I wanted.
These are the steps I took.
I sterilized a 5 gallon fermentation bucket with star San.
Added two gallons of Mott's Apple juice and added 4 lbs of sugar.
I...