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Apple Cider (also called sweet cider or soft cider) is the name used in the United States and parts of Canada for an unfiltered, unsweetened, non-alcoholic beverage made from apples. The term cider is used for the fermented alcoholic drink in most of the world, the term hard cider is used in the...

Lex990 I'm looking for sugar calculators online, I'll get back to you if I find anything that would give you an exact answer. I found this calculator, it worked close to my first post! Home Distillation of Alcohol (Homemade Alcohol to Drink)

Yeah, I don't see why not. As long as it hasn't been tapped and it remains cool you shouldn't have any problems with keeping it for another few weeks.

So you're looking for an exact FG that you're shooting for? I found that staight cider without any sugar added gave me a 7.5%. It went from 11 Brix to 2.5 which gave me 7.0% on a 5ga batch I added 5# of sugar and got it back up to 11 Brix again.

Like Hopsalot said, a brew belt would be your cheapest and quickest option. Brew Belt : Northern Brewer

Depending on if you want there to be the fruity esters or not. Warmer fermentation temp will add to the bananna flavor, cooler like you have it will add the the clove note.

I've done a lot of ciders and just put it in the beeker and took the OG and FG when it was done. I found using my refractometer the line is much more cloudy due to it being thick with particulate when trying to get my original Brix. I just did one last month, let it go for 2 weeks, took an FG...

I found it depends on if I kegged or not. I usually go through 5 ga in 2 weeks if it's good and on-tap, 3 if it's decent and 4 if it's mediocre. Bottles however are much harder to calculate because I put them in my stock pile, right not I have 18 cases in my fermentation room, 5 carboys in...

Difference between the two is... Cider Juice Difference

I live in Albany NY, I brew on my back porch every winter. I open the windows and we haven't had a problem with CO yet (I'm still alive). If you have enough ventilation and the fire extinguisher, I'd go for it. If you really want to be safe, get a CO detector and put it next to where you're brewing.