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My first batch I made was used Red Star champagne yeast, about 8.5% ABV campden tablet and sorbate to stabilize and a can of apple juice concentrate to backsweeten and it's delicious! I am now trying 3 other batches using different combinations and seeing which sugar, yeast (safale so4), and...

Mind sharing your recipe? :mug:

I just added the campden tablets and potassium sorbate, should it be plugged? and agitated?

The cider already fermented dry, I just cold crashed it to help it clear and I don't plan on carbonating. In order I should add a campden tablet and potassium sorbate to the cider and then bottle immediately or do I need to wait for the sulfate evaporate (not sure if that's the correct...

Looks like i'm going to have to go to the home brew store tomorrow. Do you think if I rack it off again and store the bottle in the fridge I won't run the risk of going thru another fermentation?

My cider is done fermenting and is in it's secondary racking. I have been cold crashing the cider for 2 days thus far. I am trying to back sweeten my cider with apple juice concentrate but trying not to just ferment the cider back to dry again. I ordered some stuff off midwest and that included...

Here is my first batch, ten days into fermentation and it's activity has really slowed down.