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So I have a cider that is ready to go in secondary and it is just a basic 5 gallons AJ, 2 or 3 lbs table sugar and notty. My neighbor had some leftover hop pellets from a beer kit and I was thinking about hopping the secondary for a week prior to backsweetening and bottling. My question is how...

So I started a berry cider on 12/31/13. It consisted of 4.75 gallons AJ, 2.5 lbs table sugar, 3 lbs of mixed berries (raspberry, blueberry, blackberry) and Notty. I mixed the AJ and sugar and came to a SG of 1.062 then pitched a pack of Notty and dumped the berries in. It was fermenting in my...

So I currently have 5.5 gallons of AJ, a 3 lb bag of mixed berries, 2 lbs of sugar and notty bubbling away in my garage. I want to rack when I get to a specific gravity then bottle and pasteurize. My question is can I rack to the secondary while ferment is still ongoing and add clearing agent...

Anybody have a source for 100% raspberry or blackberry juice? Concentrate is fine too. I can only find raspberry flavoring (mccormicks, tried it and didn't like it) and raspberry grape juice concentrate. I used the ras/grape last time to backsweeten and did not like the added grape flavor...

OK so I just decided to make a holiday cider to give as gifts for Christmas. What is a good still cider recipe with a quick turnaround (less than 30 days)? I'm thinking something holiday seasonal if that makes any sense. Thanks and LETS GO MOUNTAINEERS!!!

So I started brewing about 2 years ago and the first thing I made was cider. I used 5 gallons of fresh pressed cider from Baughers in MD, added a pound of honey, 2 pounds of corn sugar and used white labs english cider yeast. Well I bottled it after 3 months and it was HOTTT. Like apple...

I put together my first mead Saturday. Pretty basic and only a gallon as I have not gotten my 60lb tub from dutch gold yet. My recipe was 3 lbs local amish honey water to a gallon lavlin yeast I mixed the water and honey to dissolve then put in the gallon carboy then pitched the yeast...