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    Campden tablets: how to degas without exposing to air contaminents?

    Nah, I call em jugs :) I don't think it will hurt to add the pectic enzyme early, I've done it 24 hours before pitching in the past and didn't notice a difference.
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    Darker Colored Layer Growing at the Top of Hard Cider in Secondary

    Thanks VikeMan, glad to hear it's normal, though now I feel like a real dummy for tossing that part of my first batch. Lesson learned :)
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    Campden tablets: how to degas without exposing to air contaminents?

    That's how I used to do mine (sitting in a carboy with airlock for 24 hrs. prior to pitching), now I use a fermenting bucket that has a lid with an airlock, but same concept.
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    Campden tablets: how to degas without exposing to air contaminents?

    I think you still put an airlock on it so that the gas leaving can escape but oxygen can't get in.
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    Darker Colored Layer Growing at the Top of Hard Cider in Secondary

    Hoping you all can help me figure out what is going on here. I have a 1 gallon batch of wild yeast hard cider that has a distinct layer on top that is darker, clearer, and slowly growing (a few mm per day), see pictures below: For a little background, this also happened with my very first...
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