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Started a five gallon batch of cider on November 17 with local unpasteurized and adder 2 lbs of wildflower honey. Started off ferm with Safale S-04. Fermented quickly. A taste test and gravity reading on December 8 revealed that the cider quit ferm early and smelled and tasted very strongly of...

I have 5 gallons of cider that has been fermenting for a month now. I want to rack it to secondary to let it clear up a bit, however long that may take. Will the yeast in the cider still be active enough after a couple of months to bottle condition carbonate it? It's 5 gallons on...

Does anyone have any experience using this yeast for mead? I have about 10 packets of it and I don't know what to use it with. I know it's a champagne yeast, so I'm hoping it would make for a mead more on the dry side. Any thoughts?

I've had one gallon fermenting for almost a month and it's still very cloudy. It's my first attempt so I don't really know what I'm supposed to be looking for.

I decided to start my first hard cider yesterday (had strictly brewed beer before) and am letting it sit with campden for 24 hours since the cider is raw and unfiltered from a local orchard. Was going to add my Lalvin EC-1118 wine yeast today, but after further research this morning I want to...