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Hey Guys So Ive just started using starsan, and I misread the label originally and used 1 ounce of starsan/gallon of water to sanitize my bottles instead of the 1 ounce/5 gallons that the package reccomends. I bottled 5 gallons of cider using this solution as my sanitizer. Will this...

Good news gentlemen! Cider has now been sitting for almost a month. I took a sample with my turkey baster. It is now at 1.02....and the taste is very good. I dont know if I would destribe it as an appley taste....but it is quite pleasant if sipped. Now....this is quite dry I...

Hello Guys I had recently attempted my first mead, 4.5 kgs honey, 3 oranges, raisins, ec1118, and tap water to fill my bucket to the 3 gallon mark. It fermented slowly for about 1.5 weeks then stopped bubbling, in my naivety i left it till the 2 week mark and proceeded to rack to...

Thanks for the advice guys! I thought I would post an update. The cider is now bubbling like mad, about 1 bubble every 3-4 seconds. Will I need to re-rack in a few weeks?

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Hello So i recently tried to make my first batch of "hard cider". I purchased 5gallons of pasteurized unpreserved cider, put it in my carboy and put the yeast in (EC1118) (last saturday) Originally i thought it might not have begun to ferment due to putting the yeast in when the cider...