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First off, Thanks to all for the great feedback! The temp has been in the 64-68 degree range since starting. I measured 2 grams of the 11 grm packet as I had also read that too much yeast can give it an off flavor? I've heard of yeast nutrient, so will have to give that a try first. This...

Hi, I'm on my second cider making experience and am experimenting using a cup of maple syrup/gal. cider instead of sugar or apple juice concentrate. My original gravity was 1.062 when started on Nov. 8th. It dropped to 1.020 on 12-19, and is stuck at 1.020 as of 12-31-14. I've read that cider...

Thanks for responding! I did bottle it and as mentioned have plastic bottle sitting next to it and if it gets too pressurized I'll most likely refrigerate the bottles.

Just getting ready to bottle cider and added priming sugar and stevia but SG is 1.01...will that create bottle bombs?

Found this great and very thorough recipe to make hard cider posted by Jessica Shabatura : http://www.howtomakehardcider.com/index.html