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The cider fermented for about 2 weeks. Been in a secondary for 1 week. Is clearing nicely. It's definitely taste a bit high on alcohol...but not unbearable (minus the headache) I think I'm just going to let sit for a few more weeks and see where it is at then. Got a delivery schedule from...

I used unpasteurized freshly pressed cider from a local apple orchard. Added some honey. Nothing else other than Wyeast yeast (I'll have to go back and look up which one, I don't remember off the top of my head).

Yes...It's not your normal headache. It's really unpleasant. I'm not sure what else could cause it. I did add Honey before fermenting to boost the SG to just above 1.06. Active fermentation did run about 2 weeks - thought was a bit long, but everything appeared OK. Any ideas?

Was getting ready to bottle my first batch of cider. Was mixing and tasting samples to get the back sweetening perfect. Looked OK and tasted OK. Probably no more than half a glass worth of sampling and started getting a headache. Not mentioning anything, had my wife sample and shortly after...

Was thinking of doing the same to my current batch of cider. But I was thinking of boiling the cider down to a syrup before adding to avoid dilution.