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What should I do at this point? I don't know if my 1 gal batch of JAOM is ready to bottle or not. Today makes exactly 3 months and here is a pic of it. Doesn't seem very clear. I pretty much followed the recipe exactly. The only thing I did slightly different was shave some of the outside of the...

Hmm, thanks Yooper. I will keep that in mind next time. It has been a few days and I haven't seen any movement in the air locks. I was just hoping that aging it will produce the same taste as the sample in the fridge. I might be able to get my mini fridge from my mom's house this weekend so I...

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I racked my cider from primary to secondary after 3 weeks when it finished fermenting. at that point It was pretty dry, and had a little bit of a fruity taste but I wouldn't really consider it drinkable. I added sugar to a sample size and it still wasn't very good, so I put the sample in the...

Did you take any gravity readings with a hydrometer? That would be one way to tell if your fermentation stopped early or finished fermenting all of the sugar. Since you say it has been over two weeks, my guess is that all of the sugar has been turned to alcohol. If you want it to be stronger you...

Thanks very much for the info, I decided to back sweeten instead of trying to stop the fermentation. I pitched on 10/04, and there is very little activity now. It was about 9 minutes before the airlock fell (it is one of the ones that rise and fall rather than one of the ones that just...

So, after 2 days I topped my 1 gal batch up a bit, and some foam/bubbles got in the air lock and the water is orange/brownish. (I pitched on 10/09, topped up on 10/11). Should I just swap out the bung/air lock or take a little must out also? My thought was that I should replace the air lock/bung...

Hello, I am wanting to make my first batch of Hard cider (sweet) and have read a lot of different methods... I was trying to decide between these two options... Option 1: Stop fermentation early (preserving?). I figure when I take the OG of store bought cider it will be around 1.05 or so...