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I have been making cider in 1 gallon glass and plastic bottles for the past few months (with success, thanks to this group). If I want to make it in a 5 gallon carboy, is it the same process and just multiply everything by 5 (sugar, yeast, nutrient, etc). How much head space should be left...

Rookie question but... How soon after fermenting do I have to bottle apple cider? if it runs long, should I do anything extra? Cheers! :bigmug:

Hi Gang, Bear with me on this one. About a month ago, I made a batch of hard cider using Whole Foods Organic Apple Juice. I made two gallons. My process was to put in one campden tablet (crushed) per gallon, wait two days, yeast it (I added some sugar to one of the gallons). When it...

Hi Gang, So, out of an effort to achieve efficiency, I realized that if I could ferment the juice in the bottles that it comes in, I can save the effort of sterilizing glass gallons before and after fermenting, etc. One of the issues here is that these come in 96oz plastic containers. Has...

Hi Gang, First timer here. Tons of good info on this forum. Maybe too much. Hoping to get a little advice. I started with two one-gallon glass organic apple juice. Threw in a crushed campden tablet to each and waited 48 hours. I had a specific gravity of 1.050. I reserved and froze 1 cup...