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If I let my cider ferment all the way til it's done working, then rack into wine bottles what are my chances they'll blow?

No, this is my first batch, didn't have a hydrometer , everything I have done since I have gotten a sg and wrote it on the bottle

how long should i leave the raisins in there, when it quits workin again should i sipphon into different carboy and airlock again?

wow, i smashed a few raisins really good and tossed em in, it's like starting over from the bigining. within 20 minutes it was like it was boiling

What is the idea behind leaving the bananas in the peels?

one way or another it will go down my thoat before it goes down the drain. i never have used nutrient but i ordered some the other day cause i wanna try to make some skeeter pee. i think i read some place that raisins act as yeast nutient, should i toss some rainens in there?

Will this help the strong yeast taste as well?

after siphoning it into a clean carboy the other night leaving the slurry behind i took your advise and topped off with juice and put airlock back on. three days later it looks to me like it's working again, lots of bubbles. what you guys think?

i topped it off with juice, put the airlock on and stuck it away, we'll see what its like in may or june again

it was a gallon of organic juice, i added a whole bunch of white sugar, i dont remember how much but it was a lot more that it needed and a pack of red star shampagn yeast. i've started a couple other batches since and have recorded what i put in and the gravity and potential alcahol. kinda...

man that didnt take long, thanks guys, its been in the fridge all night, i'll put it back down stairs with an air lock and leave it be for a while

my first batch of cider slowed down after 15 days so i took a gravity reading last nite cause i just got my hydrometer. it was 1.00, i think i read someplace that that waas a good time to rack so i syphoned into a different one gallon glass jug leaving behind the junk in the bottom. then put it...

i wonder if you drank too much of it it would drive u buggy? i woulda drank it and told everyone it was better than the worm in the bottle

Noob question here, what is the dangers in seperating by freezing other than the legal dangers?

hey will ascorbic acid affect the fermentation of the cider? my first batch is still fermenting but i got board yesterday and picked up a gallon of indian summer juice and started batch #2. i noticed the indian summer has ascorbic acid. thanks

do the raisens do the same as yeast nutrient?

Thanks

anyone have a sanitizer that they would recomend to someone new to brewing? something that can be found and ordered online?

so can any apple juice be used to make hard cider? i was thinking that i read someplace that it needed to be preservative free for the yeast to work so i bought a $13 gallon jug of it from the organic food store. being that i dont care about organic food it would be cheaper for me to use...

Man I looked in the fridge and the balloon is expanding again, that don't make sence does it