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To boil or not to boil the cider before fermentation.... That is my question. I wouldn't think so. I just pitched my yeast in my cider in a 1 gallon carboy and put an airlock on it. Period. Airlock activity is now a bubble every 30 seconds. I didn't take any gravity readings like I do with...

Will I need a blow off tube while using pasteur champagne yeast when I ferment some cider? I will be using a 1 gallon carboy. This is really just for my own curiosity to see how well the cider ferments and what its characteristics will be. Thanks for you help!

I keep reading about letting the yeast cleanup after themselves? That is incredibly intriguing to me, actually. Please 'splain me what that means...

I brewed a Blueberry Wheat Ale July 4th, 2008. I used a Brewer's Best kit and added blueberries. Now honestly, I was trying something different in that I pureed the blueberries in a blender and added them to the primary. The end result is a beer with an immediate, fruity flavor(1 on scale of...

So my wife wants a blackberry beer... Currently, I have a Brewer's Best American Cream Ale kit in my primary fermenter using Wyeast 2035(yeast with kit was bad and 2035 was available). When I put the blackberry puree(that I boiled down the other day) in the secondary will I need a blow off...

So my wife wants a blackberry beer... I made a blueberry wheat ale a couple years ago that I thought SUCKED but everyone else really liked. Currently, I have a Brewer's Best American Cream Ale kit in primary. I used Wyeast 2035(the yeast that came with the kit was bad, dead) and I had 2 good...