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Thanks mate. I think I'll do that.

Awesome gents and perhaps ladies!! I was freaking out over a ruined first batch...This was a lot of help. I will no doubt enjoy this cider during the holidays! Cheers!

Next time I brew, I think I will use dextrose or DME. I've heard it works just as well and is cheaper. This was my first brew, so I thought pre-measured tablets would be idiot proof. If I remember correctly, I did syphon from the bottom. Newby mistake I guess. I'll know for next time. I was...

I've done a lot of researching but haven't found a definitive answer for the problem. But I have read that shaking the bottles every now and again can help dissolve floaters.

Here is a picture of it. It's not as white as it looks, that's just the flash.

I bottled cider about 10 days ago with Coopers' carbonation tablets and noticed some build-up on the neck and bottom of the bottles. I then turned the bottles upside down for 4 days and still had a sort of sludge... Is this is mold, yeast or simply the carbonation tabs dissolving slowly. Any...

Hello everyone! I am a complete beginner and I have one question that needs answering. I have a plastic primary that does not have an airlock and a glass carboy that does. Should I mix the cider contents into the primary and then immediately transfer it to carboy? I have done a lot...