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Being new to this I'm not giving you advice but I've been told NOT to add sugar. Use a frozen concentrate to bring up OG to what you're aiming for. That's what I've been told. And I've not tried added sugar so far so I don't know anything about its effect on flavor

Ah, you're probably right. Well the juice is musselmans cider, combine with apple concentrate. Preservative free. OG is 1.063. And I'm using Nottingham ale yeast this time round. Maybe I'll buy some acid blend and tannins and see if I want to add them before I bottle. You asked about acid. To...

Hope you don't mind but I'm gonna bump in here since I too make hard cider in 1 gallon batches. Now my cider is very young, like 2 or 3 weeks. My issue so far is overall taste and carbonation. First I used wine yeast so this new batch is gonna be ale yeast. The cider seems almost bland, sour and...

I'll have to weigh the full teas and see what that is. half of white sugar is approx 2.5grams. When I bottle them I am only doing 1 gal so after the first racking off the Lees leaving a bit on top etc, etc but what I'm left with in the end is probably a bit over four 750ml so I just do four. But...

Abrew, I did the same thing with my cider. original gravity was 1.068 fermented to 1.000. Then bottled in 750ml. But I am worried abt bombs; being new; and also aint ready to try pasturizing. I only used half a teaspoon. After 2 1/2 wks I tried one bottle. No carb hardly at all. I see you used 1...