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I have cold crashed four batches of cider and have found it best at crashed between SG = 1.005 to 1.008 (measured using a hydrometer), but it really depends on what you are looking for, so you should crash when it tastes good. For the timing, my batches have taken from 14-18 days but this is...

Apple juice varies a lot in SG (from 1.043 to 1.054 is what I saw in last years apples). The 1 1/3c (at 6.5oz/cup = 8 2/3 oz) sugar adds about 0.025, so a range would be 1.068 to 1.079.

For your next batch you might try a graff, which sounds like what you are aiming for https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f81/graff-malty-slightly-hopped-cider-117117/ Good luck!

I have found that dextrose is actually much lighter than granulated sugar. Using a digital scale, I found one cup of dextrose to be 135-136g or 4.76-4.8 ounces per cup (compared to granulated at 184g or 6.5 ounces per cup) To answer the OP: 2 ounces of dextrose would be about 0.418 cups or...

I had the a similar problem with my last batch of cider (added too much sugar, sg=1.107 and fermentation stopped early at 1.018). I solved it by racking it onto a yeast cake of another brew (which used Lalvin 1118 yeast) that I had just finished. I was using Nottingham yeast and had probably...

How about PVC pipes in a cupboard? Cheap, easy and bottle-bomb proof! Or an old map/plan/something storage unit (at 36" deep, it holds three bottles per slot or 264 total)