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Since the original post, I have either consumed or saved in containers for later ~3.5 gallons of the potassium sorbate containing cider. That left ~1.5 gallons of fluid, which contained potassium sorbate and a large amount of added sugar. I recently added ~3.5 gallons of cheap apple juice...

I plan to mull the cider and then spike it with hard alcohol. In previous batches, I had been buying cold-pasteurized orchard cider (not juice) from a nearby farmer's market. I became accustomed to that and forgot to check the ingredients when I bought my cider from the grocery store. Yup, I...

bernardsmith is right. I am stupid. I checked the ingredients and it contains potassium sorbate...

By ale cider, I meant that I used Nottingham ale yeast with apple cider.

I am on my way to get new yeast...

Thanks for the advise. I was worried that I'd have to dump it. To give you a little more information, I pitched the yeast in ~3 cups of 92 degree F cider. The rest of the cider was a little bit lower than room temperature, since I used it soon after getting it from the grocery store. I then...

Dear Home Brew, I currently have a possibly failed 5 gallon ale cider batch. I am using a glass carboy with a 3-piece airlock. I pitched the yeast in ~100 degree F cider, and confirmed that it was active before adding it to the rest of the batch. Unfortunately, after 3 days there was no...

Hmm, I used canned pumpkin mash...then I cooked it with other ingredients...and put the entire thing in the fermenting vessel before adding the cider. I diligently sanitized everything at every step.

Sorry about that last post... I believe krausen is the term I was looking for. Thanks WI_Wino!

Hmm, it is definitely not pellicle. It is very clearly floating pumpkin (plus some spices that I used in the recipe). I am familiar with krausen, but I seem to remember another term related to krausen that is specifically for the floating part... Of course I could be wrong... Thanks for all...

I am certain that this question has been asked and answered before. In fact I saw it once on this website, but I can not seem to find it again... I am currently brewing a pumpkin cider. A significant amount of the pumpkin has floated to the top. I was wondering, what are the technical terms...