hard cider

So confused as to why one is clear and one is dark. Is this normal?

I am in the process of carbonating 500 gals. hard cider. This is a big step for me as we did 110 gals last year in 5 gl. korny kegs. I now have 75 gl. vessels that I can pressurize. A couple questions 1. Once a volume of cider is carbonated in a sealed vessel can or does it lose it carb levels...

Hey guys so I just finished my second fermentation of my cider and I’m stuck on back sweetening. The cider is very dry and tart because I didn’t add anything but the yeast. I’ve been studying how to add sugar and then carbonate it with said sugar with the remaining yeast. I think I may have...

I’m planning on doing a batch of hard cider with unpasteurized apple cider from a local farm. So far the only batch that I have done has been with pasteurized apple juice and yeast. Do you need to add yeast to something that is unpasteurized?

So I just started my first brew of hard cider with Motts (I know it's not ideal but it's what I can afford). My garage stays at about 68-75 degrees daily but living in NJ the weather can change that. The biggest thing I've noticed is the humidity and I've read that it can cause a spoiled cider...

I just found this site and I am excited to get to know more. I am making my 1st two batches right now in hopes to have an idea on how this all works and MAYBE have a simple cider for my wedding to share with my wife. Right now I have one new batch started that I made with 1 gallon of apple...

First off, if you aren’t already making hard cider, you should be. It really is a no brainer, which I will explain briefly here. Cider is cheap to make, easily sourced, hardly any work, and great for those friends who can’t do gluten! Your only materials are Apple cider/juice, yeast, and maybe a...

Hello all! I'm new to this whole homebrewing thing, and I'm also a starving college student in the midst of his undergrad program. As such, and as someone that highly enjoys the sport of drinking, one night my friend and I decided we should be able to make our own cider for less than $30.00...

Hello all! I'm new to this whole homebrewing thing, and I'm also a starving college student in the midst of his undergrad program. As such, and as someone that highly enjoys the sport of drinking, one night my friend and I decided we should be able to make our own cider for less than $30.00...

Hello all! New to the forum, new to the home brew game. I have a baseline understanding of this basics of fermentation, but that’s about it. I have brewed a few beers and had success. I decided I wanted to try and duplicate a cider, which I know know will be far more difficult than my...

So I am new to making hard cider. I started two months ago and I’ve made one batch since that time. I have another going as of now. The batch I’m working on had a OG of 1.080 and I just measured and it’s at 1.034. I know it’s supposed to be done when it hits 1.000 but how much longer should I be...

A 6 gal batch of carbonated cider I made turned out great from a local orchard that does not pasteurize. Using the same yeast, similar apples and environment I made a batch from “another” orchard that uses heat to pasteurize there cider. It doesn’t taste bad, just less complex and bland. Any...

This is my first post and I am a definite newbie. I have only made a couple successful, extremely basic, batches of white and red wine from 100% juice, sugar and yeast. I want to experiment with more acidic juices similar to the “skeeter pee.” From what I have read, I am going to try to pitch...

So, rookie mistake. I wanted to make my 2nd hard cider and didn't realize I bought Apple Cider pasteurized with Potassium Sorbate. $25 worth. Now what?! The store can't take it back and I can't drink enough of it before it spoils. Any help on what (if any) I can do it possibly still...

I'm fairly new in the passionating world of hard cider making and I have a question. I'm seriously thinking of moving from home-scale cider making to craft-scale cider making production (microcidery, if I may use this term). After a few success, my passion for hard cider and a friend of mine...

Ok so I took 100% apple juice concentrate with only juice and vitamin c. Added about a cup of sugar and a packet of yeast, put a balloon with a pin prick in it and left it for a few days. It bubbled after a day and an they disappeared. Now I'm left with a container of slightly discolored apple...

We currently have an excess of frozen NFC apple juice in 250 gallon totes that we are wanting to sell. The Brix is ~12 and the blend is the following: 50% Northern Spy, 10% Ida Red, 10% Cortland, 10% Jonagold, 10% Mac, 10% Honeycrisp. It's a great cider blend and we don't want it to go to...

I followed the directions provided in this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/threads/cold-crashing-cider.46017/ After racking it 4 inches above the lees into a new carboy, I didn't have fridge space, so I left it outside in 5 degree weather for 24 hours. It was frozen slush when I...

Hey guys! I am new to brewing. So I'll make this quick: Have 2 gallons of an experimental cider going. It has 1 lemon, 20 grams of cinnamon, and about 80 grams of ginger. Mashed the ginger, peeled the lemon, cut the lemon into slices, and tossed peels in with cinnamon sticks, along with...

Currently I have a wide variety of trees planted on M.111 and B.118 rootstock. Most of them have been in the ground for around 3 years, though it's been a hard three year due to cicadas and deer pressure. I want to start narrowing down my plantings to the varieties that I will primarily be...