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So, last fall I made a 3 gal batch of cider from some golden crabapples (golden hornet I think). The cider is now clear and smells and tastes great. There's just one little problem, the acidity is sitting somewhere between 12 - 14 g/L right now, so it's pretty undrinkable. I'm going to try...

Hi there! I finally go my hands on some Fresco yeast and am planning out my first test gallon using it. The Renaissance Yeast (RY) catalogue says Fresco is a medium YAN requirement yeast, needing 225-300 ppm YAN. That's quite a bit of Fermaid O and K since I assume the store bought juice I'm...

I typically bulk age my ciders for at least 4 to 6 months before bottling. My current problem is I've run out of space for more carboys but want to keep starting new batches. The only solution I've been able to think of is to bottle some of those bulk aging ciders and bottle age them instead. I...

My typical cider routine is to transfer my juice to the primary fermenter, add sulfite, wait 12-24 hours, add pectinase, wait another 12 hours, add yeast nutrient, pitch yeast. Lately, the juice I've been using (Louisburg Original) has been throwing a LOT of sediment after the pectinase...

Two to three years ago, I used to make glorious cider using nothing but store bought apple cider and MO2. Aged 3 months in secondary and six months in the bottle resulted in smooth, savoury cider, bettter than most of the commercially available stuff. Then last year something changed. MO2 was...

Last September I made about 12 gallons of cider from a wild apple tree growing on my dad's farm. I'll be heading back there in April and on my list of things to do is to bottle the cider. Assuming the cider made it through the winter, I'm not expecting too much from it. Just a simple base...

I'm planning on making a test batch of ginger-flavoured cider. I've settled on 1 oz per gal of grated ginger, but haven't decided if I'm going to add it to primary or secondary. Anyone tried this?

Hi there, I'm a beginner when it comes to fermenting. I've made a few batches of fruit wine and cider with some success and I'm slowly improving. I've used champagne, montrachet and 1118 yeast in the past, all with good results. When I started my cider making journey, I switched to mangrove...

Hi there. I've managed to secure myself some prickly pears this year. I'm going to make some jelly, but I'm also going to try making "cider" out of the rest. Does anyone have experience with prickly pears? The way I see it I can either make juice by boiling the pears in water to extract all...