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Thank you sir. That helps a lot. I'll leave it as is. Yes i will be going for carbonation and back sweetening it with frozen cherry apple juice concentrate. It's Old Orchard Apple Cherry 12 oz, so half, 6oz per 2.5G of juice? Roughly? I was also thinking of maybe using frozen strawberries. I...

My apologies. I meant 1.25 cups of sugar which is 0.65 lbs of sugar per 1 gallon car boy. I keep reading in lbs here so therefore i thought that. It's actually cups which is closer to what you've been using. Your's is 0.76 cups per gallon. So i think i should expect 8%? I can more sugar now to...

Yes sir. That's strongest yeast there is, to the best of my knowledge. Up to 18% and maybe even can do 20%.

Thank you very much. I would be very happy with 12% or slightly more. Thing is i see ppl putting 2lbs plus and i only did 1.25lbs so question is if it's enough? I know if there is not enough sugar abv will be low.

Hello guys. I don't have hydrometer yet so i have no initial OG reading. I've ordered one but obviously for this brew i won't get initial reading. I'm not looking for specific number but ball park, what would be estimated alcohol content of Best choice apple juice with added 1 1/4 lbs of white...

Follow up question if you guys don't mind. I don't have hydrometer yet so i have no initial OG reading. I've ordered one but obviously for this brew i won't get initial reading. It appears already like yeast has chewed threw that sugar on bottom after one week. All i see now is yeast settlement...

Jim thanks a lot for tip. Yes i want carbonation and lots of it if i can without blowing the bottles. 50-70g of sugar / gallon ? I have found a method of using a cooler not pot for pasteurizing it as plastic has slow temp transfer so no blow ups in pot due to to fast transfer of temps by metal...

Thanks a lot for tips. Rookie mistake with that sugar. I've started with yeast and should have started with sugar first. I've used Red Star Premier Blanc as yeast, Yellow label. Entire packet of 5g for 2.5 gallons of juice. One bottle almost in 2 hrs started going crazy sparkling Co2, probably...

Good afternoon friends. I started my first ever batch of hard apple cider. I have added 1 1/4 cup of white sugar per gallon of cider. I DID NOT DISSOLVE THE sugar in water first. It's settled at the bottom. Will the yeast still find it and eat it and dissolve on it's own to create more alcohol...