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Hey All, The last few trips to the brew store has gotten me intrigued on the purees. I picked up a 3lb can of blackberry puree today and put it in the secondary with some cider that just fermented out. It sure changed the color... Does anyone here have any experience with using purees...

Hey all - each fall my wife's family makes a 50gallon batch of wine. They use fresh grapes, water and granulated sugar. They then let it ferment out in a cask with out adding yeast. Now I know I shouldn't meddle with their process for the sake of family cohesion but I can't help but think...

So yesterday stove top paturized my cider after letting it carb for a few days. I pasturized in 180 degree water for aproximately 15 minutes. Of course I drank a couple last night and they had decent carbonation however after leaving some in the fridge last night it seems like I'm getting far...

Hey All, 6 days ago I started a 5 gallon batch of cider with Motts apple juice, 2lbs of dextrose and Nottingham yeast and a couple tsp of yeast nutrients. I had a SG of 1.060. After not seeing any airlock activity for a couple days I busted out my hydrometer and pulled a reading of 1.005...

Hey Guys - So on Semptember 14th I started brewing some cider. A couple months later I moved to the bottling bucket...and there it stayed. Fast forward to now...7 months after I began the process. Is there any chance that the cider is still good? Could it be dangerous? Thanks! -Matt

Hey All - So my primary fermentation is complete. I took a test drink of it and was rather disappointed. It was very clear but also pretty bland and watery. Will secondary fermentation correct this? Is this normal? Thank you!

Good evening all! I started off with 5 gal of cider, 4lbs brown sugar, and some ale yeast. It's been about a month and my airlock activity has decreased drasictly. It bubbles about ever 5 to 10 minutes. Surely additional fermentation is required for this batch.vWhat are the thoughts on...

Hey All, So I went to check on my cider today and it looks like some made it all into my airlock!! Any idea what happened? Is this correctable or is my cider done for? I had 5 gallons in a 6 gallon fermenter. I used camden tablets and yeast nutrients followed by pitching the yeast 24 hours...

After some research I decieded "What the heck? I'll try to brew some cider". I wanted to keep it as simple as possible as this is my first brew. Can someone with experience tell me if I've started on the right foot? I started by sanitizing my fermenter. I then went ahead and filled it with 5...