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Last Thursday I started my first 3 gallon of batch cider, my first reading showed 990 and an 8% avd. It stopped fermenting today And when I checked the hydrometer reading of 1.000, and a .2 percent. What happened? Am I reading the hydrometer wrong? I used 2 and 1/2 gallons of apple juice and 4...

Is it possible to to use a co2 tank to charge and carbonate bottles of cider? mtnman

I have gone from one gallon batches to three gallon size batch, I don't know if I just can't divide any more, but I have figured and figured on how to divide 3 into 5 and so on to get the ratio to go from 5 gallon to 3 gallons of aj and sugar and other stuff to get a 3 gallon amount. So if...

I have read several articles about turbo yeast. What is the story of turbo yeast? Why do some rave about turbo yeast and why do some really putt it down? What are the downsizes and the upsides? I have read that it ferments in two days, and is ready to consume in three,is this true? I...

What is the smallest co2 carbinator that I can buy, and how much should it cost?

I have made 3 batches of cider and carbonated them and they came out great. Then I started using sparkolloid power and when I use that I cannot get it to carb at all. Is it because of the sparkolloid or am I doing something else wrong? And can I add a little yeast along with the sugar to get it...

My last batch I mixed up I took the beginning reading and it showed a 70, should this have been a .70? There was no point on the hydrometer it self. I checked it three times. I sure do wish I knew what the h#^* I am doing wrong, I followed the instruction sheet to the letter. If anyone has any...

It's me again, this time I would like to know how to make strawberry\ apple cider, starting with strawberries to make juice with,and then combine with apple cider to make strawberry cider. Does anyone have a recipe for this? Thanks mtnman68

I have been looking for a recipe for making hard cider from pure peach juice.but I have only found recipes that combines apple or some other juice with peach to make cider. Is there a special reason for not making cider with pure peach juice? I think I would like a hard peach cider. mtnman68

When I started this last batch and took my first hydrometer reading and and got a reading of 1.050, and just before I bottled it I took the last reading. The hydrometer showed a reading of 1.000. Isn't the reading supposed to go up, instead of down? And the hydrometer also showed the alcohol...

How much sugar and yeast and time should I use for the secondary fermentation

I saw in another forum and saw something about gelatin being used to kill the yeast in cider. With me being new at brewing cider I have yet to hear anything at all about gelatin in the cider. Has anyone ever heard of this, or know anything about it, and would tell me about it,and does it work...

I started a new batch of apple cider this morning, so every one keep your fingers crossed. Oh yeah I didn't use any sugar. But I am really confused right now.I used a hydrometer, thinking I would get a reading of about 110. But when I looked it was a 105 reading.What happened? I must have...

I just finished repacking an article from Amazon.after I realized I had not received a couple of an of pieces, when I contacted amazon help,no body,was home so I filled out a form to get a refund that didn't I still didn't want. I decided to surf Amazon for a little bit and ran across 6 16...

I joined a few days ago, and just found the intro thread. I am from Norman, Oklahoma. I live on a 5 acres. I retired in 07 from Tinker AF base, I love being retired, except that about three yrs ago I had to have open heart surgery.Then it seemed like my health went to hades. My hobby before...

When I decided to make apple cider I spent 3 days looking at recipes for hard apple hard cider on the computer and I found a whole bunch of them. All of them said how easy it is to make. Now I will admit that I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer, however I also would like to think that I am...

I am very new to this cider brewing. In fact this one and one more will make two. I would like to know about a couple of things if y,all don't mind clueing me in. What is latic acid used for? And how do you make the cider sweeter? My first batch at first tasted a little scour or bitter...