Recent content by nickdanger0479

I understand the dillution. I wonder if adding carbonated water would carbonate the cider? Seems like the water would lose all carbonation as you blended it.

My case being a future cider master! Hah! When do you add your malic acid? Also, I see on some bottles' ingredients, they add carbonated water. I would assume there's more to it than blending carbonated water into a batch. Any experiences with that?

After the initial fermentation reaching 1.000, what's the purpose of adding additional sugars for fermentation? Is it to raise the ABV or to top off to prevent oxidizing the cider...or both? If that's the case, in order to get an accurate reading, would I take another gravity reading and add...

Awesome! Muchas gracias!

Double-checking my thought process - take SG reading, ferment, rack into secondary & ferment more, cold crash or campden tablets, FG reading, sweeten to taste and/or desired ABV? Gravity reading is irrelevant after yeast is take out of the picture, correct?

Do you have a formula or estimate for how much concentrate per gallon for back sweetening? I'm sure I could mess around with it to figure it out but I lack patience.

Just to make sure I'm with you - half thawed cider would mean a large portion would be ice and your pour the remaining liquid, which I'm assuming is a very sugary juice? As of now, I'm using store bought juice (past. & no pres.), due to fresh cider being damn near impossible to find in Texas...

I often see people suggest using concentrate when back sweetening. Is it okay to use the same kind of juice I initially started with or do I need to specifically use concentrate for some reason?

So when topping off after racking, does it need to be topped off to the brim so no air space is left?

Should I add unfermented juice when I rack into the secondary or when I bottle/keg? Probably a silly question, but very new to this...

I'm very new to making cider, so forgive my ignorance. I'm testing gallon batches at a time, but what happens if there is air in the secondary? After racking, it's a little over 3/4 full - I never thought the excess space would affect it...