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Which seems to give the most viable yeast when harvesting from a yeast cake, primary or secondary fermentation? You'd have more yeast from the primary, but more dead cells as well. In my head it would make more sense to use the yeast from the secondary to reduce the likelihood of autolysis of...

So my previous batch of cherry apple cider was a little on the tart side. I thought I'd fix it by back sweetening in the keg while racking a 5 gallon batch with 1 cup of turbinado sugar. The cider is now almost undrinkable due to sweetness. The sugar fell out of solution and is now at the...

I recently took a stab at adding honey to my brew following the primary and secondary fermentation. I stabilized the cider prior to kegging and thought it would be worthwhile to back sweeten with honey. When racking from the secondary to the keg, I added the honey into the keg. After kegging...