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I haven't tried to add apple juice concentrate or anything to it. How do I go about doing that? Don't I need to pasteurize it or something to kill the yeast before I add anything?

I just tasted my first batch of cider, and I was disappointed to discover it tastes sour and weird and generally not good. For the back story: I started with 5 gallons of store-bought preservative-free apple juice, added 2 cups brown sugar and a bit of yeast nutrient (I wanted to make SURE my...

This is my first batch ever, and I think it might be ready to bottle but I don't know how to tell for sure. I started with 5 gallons of store-bought preservative-free apple juice, added 2 cups brown sugar and a bit of yeast nutrient, then 2 packets of whatever generic yeast came with my...

Cool, I thought I messed something up since most instructions I read said fermentation would take 2-3 weeks. I plan on using another big plastic bucket for secondary fermentation because that's all I have. How will I know when it's all cleared up and ready to go since the container isn't...

Hello, I'm totally new at homebrew and am on my first batch of cider. I used store bought preservative-free grocery store brand apple juice (5 gallons), along with two cups of brown sugar and two packets of the generic yeast that came with my homebrew starter kit (I didn't want to try anything...