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I'm going to pitch yeast tomorrow into 7 carboys of fresh cider we pressed this week, sulfated yesterday. Going to use Saflager S 23 and W 34/70 yeasts, which worked very well last year. Last year I went through the effort of making a started with pasteurized cider and water. Label for these...

I'm starting to move my fall cider out of secondary and into bottles- have 5 3 gallon carboys to go. Bottled my first one last month with calculated added sugar to carbonate- nice petillant carbonation when I tried the first one after 4 weeks. Pressed my own apples, campden added, no pectic...

So, about to bottle the first 3 gallons of 18 total of cider we pressed this fall. Its all been an experiment, and I'm continuing with this trend. So, this batch was pressed 11/17 from our own apples, pitched with Saflager w-34/70 (an unusual choice I know, but my basement stays in the 50's and...

Planning to bottle my first 3 gallons of cider this week (total of 18 in secondary in 3 gallon carboys). Pressed from my own apples in November, initial S.G. 1.050, pitched Saflager w-34/70. S.G was 1.004 when moved into secondary in December. Very clear, sitting happily in my basement at 55...

Hello. I'm new to home brewing, working on my first batches of cider. I've taken a bit of an experimental approach to find what I like. We did two pressings of cider- one on 11/17 mostly from apples from my own tree, another on 11/23 with a mix of apples from a local orchard. First pressing made...