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Hey all, I'm Dave, a brand new brewer from just a bit outside Detroit, MI. I stumbled on this site about 3 days before I started my first cider brew, and I'm completely addicted. SWMBO has already caught me sneaking onto the comp 3 times just to hit the forums. Can't wait for the rest of my...

I want to wait until fermentation has completely finished before I rack to the secondary? I figured I'd want at least a little fermentation still going on to produce enough CO2 to fill the headspace, is that not the case?

So, a few days ago, I started my first batch of cider. Started out as 4.5 gallons of Wal-Mart hard cider with ascorbic acid added, threw in 3 cans of Kroger brand apple juice concentrate and White Labs English Cider Yeast (WLP775 I believe). Initial specific gravity was 1.058. I pitched the...

Ok, for the apple juice concentrate, do you drop it in still concentrated, or rehydrate it first? I'm planning on saving some of my initial mix for back sweetening, so would I want to save some of the straight cider or with the concentrate added in? Thanks again for your help

Hm, I don't know about going for different flavors this time, and at least for the first brew, I'm trying to avoid using concentrate. I will certainly have to try both of those in future brews, thanks for the advice!

Woo Hoo, finally bought my gear today, picked up 5 gallons of Wal-Mart cider, starting it off tomorrow. The plan is currently just to use the 5 gal of cider and the liquid cider yeast I bought at my local HBS. However, depending on the initial SG of the cider, I might want to add some...