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I've been out of the game for a few years and just started getting back into brewing. I am playing around making cider in small gallon batches until I find a few recipes that I would like to make in volume. I've heard of bottling cider, but I do a lot of cooking and canning at home. Any way...

Or maybe a little half-a$$ed??? I found a book at the local library on homebrewing wine and beer. It was interesting to read, keeping mind it was printed in the 70's. Anyways, although airlocks existed then, they recommended using mason jars if a homebrewer did not have access to airlocks...

I never heard of this. I just joined a few weeks ago and have been most interested in the wine and cider end of homebrewing. Does anyone have any links that could give me more details on using tea?

Here goes, folks. All the questions I have, even after reading through the last two months of topics here on the cider forum. I have some Nottingham yeast on the way as well as some drilled bungs and airlocks (hope they arrive for the weekend). I have access to pasturized cider as well as plenty...

Okay folks.... I've been gleaning this site for a week trying to get the basics down. I have some yeast on order (3 packs of Nottingham) as well as air-traps and drilled rubber corks. I have access to food-grade pails I will use to ferment. I found a local source for pasterized cider...

Another newb question. I've done some searching online and found numerous recipes for using canned fruit juices. The cider I have available is pasterized but we have a bent-n-dent store here local and I have access to lots of canned goods. Has anyone tried this? Maybe make a blend?? Also-...

I've read through some of the above stickies. I am trying to avoid mailordering anything in for my cider. I want improvise with what I may already have or can buy locally. One item is yeast. Per chance would my local grocery store have yeasts that could be used for cider? Any help in this...

Glad I found this site. By way of an intro my wife and our family are trying live as much as a self-sustainable life as possible. I work in the bulk foods industry and I love to cook. We recently bought ourselves a pressure canner and I am having quite some fun with that. My homebrew...