Hard cider fermentation: Please help!

[tal32123]

I made hard cider by mixing a 1 gallon of pasteurized apple juice bottle with fleischmann's rapid rise yeast, cranberries, a couple tablespoons of sugar, cinnamon, and a few days later I took off airlock (which is a balloon with tiny needle-hole) and put in raisins.

I was wondering after how long it should ferment and when, and how I should bottle it. Thanks in advance!

 

[bucketnative]

I would recommend the Cider for Beginners thread in the Cider forum: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=508303

There's a lot of good information there.