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New at cider making. I bought a refractometer and know you can get a good reading on new juice but have been told that it doesn't work on fermented juice. However, Northern Beer has a calculator adjustment on their website implying you can take fermented readings. Any thoughts on this?

Getting close to bottling and would like to carbonate. I know I can rack juice and add sugar but I'm a little afraid if the yeast will still be active and possibly pop the bottles. If SG is 1.0 is it safe to add sugar at this point? I'd rack off one more time before adding sugar. Any help...

What is the best way to pitch yeast? 1) just toss it in and mix well to get lots of air circulated in cider 2) take some water or cider, heat it, add yeast in, wait 10-15 minutes then pitch I've had two people give me each answer.