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I used the recipe which came with a hard cider starter pack from 'craft a brew'. It's really pretty basic - it's hardly even a recipe. It called for 1 gallon of organic apple juice w/o preservatives and to that I only had to add the packet of 'fruity ale' yeast, which was provided in the...

Thank you both for your advice and help! Knowing now that carbonation is not visible in the bottles is a great relief. Also, I thought that the type of yeast might influence the amount of carbonation, is this correct? At the moment there's some kind of generic 'fruity ale' yeast in there which...

Thanks! My cider as well as my bottles have always been in a dark room where it's approximately 18-20°C. I just looked through the glass for bubbles and checked underneath because I thought that might be the first place where any carbonation would show. I suppose I'll try to be patient for a...

Hi guys, 10 days ago I bottled my first 1 gallon batch of hard cider which I made using a kit (craft a brew). I pretty much followed the instructions to the letter and picked through this forum whenever I felt a bit lost, but now I feel like I've run into a bit of a wall unfortunately...