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Interesting... I just had a similar problem but with ale yeast, no sugar added, but never had any issues before. So I grabbed a travel mug, threw in warm cider and yeast, waited 3 hours and dumped it into the cider. And no, I didn't sanitize so God alone knows what's going to crawl out of that...

I'm such a novice and I did so many things poorly I hesitate to draw any conclusions. For instance, it doesn't make much sense to burn up all the sugar. So I really need to get the tools to measure the specific gravity. I like the idea of dumping the trub into the subsequent batch. It's all...

Decided to do some small cider batches for fun. You can see from the photo there's a nice clear batch and one with chunks floating around. Here are the cloudy batch notes 1/2 Gallon Giant Eagle Cider Pasteurized & Preserved 1 tbsp white sugar 1 gram red star champagne yeast Start: 10-15 Rack...