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Just started a new batch of cider about a half an hour ago. It's a bit experimental so I wanted to share it to get feedback. I'm hoping for something dry yet tasty for fall/Christmas 2009. Here's the recipe: -4 gallons White House natural Apple cider from Walmart. -A little under a gallon...

You know what I did a couple weeks ago?? I was sampling my cider, and I got a little ****ty. When I put my bung back on I pushed too hard and it went dropped into the carboy, into my cider and sunk to the bottom. Sploosh. Is there any way to get it out?? I have a feeling that bung will be in...

I just tried my cider after three weeks of fermentation (2 weeks in primary, 1 week in secondary) There's quite a bit of tartness/tanginess. Does this generally improve with age, or is there an additive available to counteract it? Thanks.

I just racked my 5 gallon cider batch last night into a secondary carboy, and this morning I noticed a lot of sediment at the bottom. I thought that racking was supposed to get rid of the dead lees and any other sediment at the bottom of the primary. I used a racking cane in the primary with a...

I just ordered some carboy caps because you can prime a siphon just by blowing. However, are there any sanitation issues with blowing into the carboy?

How about carbing cider? I've got a batch in primary that I threw in last night, so it will be a month or so before I need to carb anyway. In the meantime, I'm trying to find out if I should carb it or not. I'd like to carb half and leave the other half still. Either way, any recommendations for...

Hi! I'm a noob here, and I have been reading in several posts that the temperature shouldn't rise beyond the 60's or so during primary/secondary fermentation. I live in a condo in southern Florida, and with air conditioning my home stays about 70 - 78 degrees all the time. Is this going to be a...

Greetings from SW Florida! I'm a novice home brewer. So far I've made two batches of cider. One of them was delicious, and the other sucked ass. My wife got me a brew kit for Christmas consisting of a 5 gallon plastic primary fermenter and a glass secondary fermenter. Came with a broken...