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When using an acid blend how long do you wait after adding it to taste? Does it have to sit and meld for any amount of time? Same question for tannen?

Running my first test on the Thermostar and heater in my new FastFermet

I have some cider that I racked off into secondaries. After a couple days it started to wake up again and after 2 weeks the bubbles changed from a slow but steady flow of larger bubbles to a fast flow of microbubbles all while only slightly changing the volume of Co2 coming out of the airlocks...

This is a picture of my keeving

How many oxygenate their ciders before they pitch yeast? Do you use a bottle and wand and then just pitch yeast? What about using a fish tank pump and air stones? Could you use that before you drop Camden? How long do you oxygenate the cider for?

I personally like the creamy mouth feel of a wine or cider that has sat on the yeast cake for a while. Is it considered bad for ciders and am a little weird for finding it appealing?

I know this might go into apple wine, but what percentage of alcohol does a cider/wine need to be to be able to age in an oak barrel long term, say up to three years? I am wanting to experiment with three types of barrels, used wine, new charred and used bourbon. I will of course taste at...

I have been making ciders for about six years now. It started out with unpasteurized gallon jugs and concentrates from the local grocery store. However as things moved on, I started making cider from picked apples. With tasting of dozens of ciders and styles from craft cider industry, I have...