My first cider

[TopherJohn]

The beginner tips here are responsible for my being on the right track here: pectin enzyme, flash pasteurized juice so no sulfides, cider yeast.
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When I was putting the stopper in my carboy, it was pretty slick from the star san. It kept coming out, almost comically. So I pushed it in as hard as I could and SPLOOSH! into the jar it dropped. I don't have another, so I sanitized some cling wrap and secured it with the only elastic I could find: the one attached to my 5-year-old's pirate eyepatch.

 

[slym2none]

You now have inspiration for naming this!

Eye-Patch Cider, or maybe Pirate's Booty...

 

[dmtaylor]

Oh nooooooooo!! I hate when that happens.

It will most likely turn out just fine. Enjoy!

 

[menerdari]

I found that I have to dry the stopper and inside lip of my carboys to get the stopper to not pop out.