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By commercial do you mean one that isnt open to the public or an apple picking orchard?

Hey guys, I have taken a few year hiatus from brewing as a result of a series of personal things but Im getting back into it now. I bought a used keg (adventure by itself), a few ingredients, a bucket, and a (small) press. Making a leap with my first 5 gallon batch and going to start an...

Evening everybody, As I'm still pretty new here, I haven't started making 5G batches yet, and am still on 1G batches. Since the yeast packets seem to be geared towards a 5 gallon recipe, how do you make the measurement in grams (as the packet is measured in) precise without a scale/balance? I...

Hey everyone, I put my third batch in the fermenter on Friday night, and used the last yeast packet that came with my super noob cider kit. My ultimate goal is a slightly sweet and slightly tart cider, carbonation optional. I'm guessing I can't go get they yeast they have in the baking aisle...

Hey everyone, thanks for the advice! Carbonating really helped the flavor, it was a bit bland and dry when i tried it before bottling. Can't wait to see how my next batch comes out!

Hey everyone, thanks for all of the input. My first batch was chilled yesterday, and sampled by me today and yesterday. The bland taste was mostly fixed by the carbonation and chilling, but I'd like it a little sweeter with a more obvious apple taste. The dryness was almost completely gone...

Hey everyone, Quick question here. As some of you know, I recently bottled my first batch, but I can't see much visible evidence of carbonation. Do I need to be worried, or is it just less visible than fermentation? I'm asking myself a million questions, like if I didn't mix the sugar water...

I'm sure it was the dryness, I am new to the lingo. The smell threw me off more than the taste. I knew it would be a little different, and it's not bad per se. Just different, and not something that I would sell. The goal of this batch wasn't to make a delicious cider, or even a cider that...

I bottled my first batch, gonna leave it for another 10 days to carbonate. I wasn't sure just how much headspace to leave in the bottles so I played it safe. Upon sampling, even after adding priming sugar it honestly tasted a little bland to me. I'm not sure if that's a product of how much...

Thanks Mad, there's a farmer's market right around the corner, but honestly I think it's a bit early for that (It still flirts with 90F here) but I'll be looking for the freshest juice I can find. Goal is to eventually be pressing my own, but that opens up an entirely new can of worms with...

Hey everyone, I'm a new member, and a new brewer(does that word apply to cider?) I got a very basic 1Gal kit from my wife as a birthday gift and popped my first batch in on Saturday. It was just simple apple juice (from concentrate, but no other ingredients, not refrigerated) and kit-provided...

Hey everyone, I'm Jason. I'm a NYer, but work has taken me to the Carolinas. I'm a super amateur here, literally put my first batch of cider in the carboy three days ago. While I'm just getting started, I'm hoping to actually make my life all about cider in the next 5-10 years. I'd like to...