I'm only talking about the basic recipe. not backsweetening, or bottling.
I see everything from : 2 lbs brown sugar / gallon of cider to
1/4 cup / gallon to
no additional
I'm a really confused noob. I thought the campden was only needed if you're using non-pasteurized cider to be safe and kill whatever basically wasn't killed during pasteurization. If you were using pasteurized cider with no other additives, then it's not needed? It seems however that some use...