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Over this past year I completed a 10 gallon batch of sweet, sparkling, crystal clear cider. I wanted to give a rundown to how I accomplished this and some of the lessons I learned along the way. The quick background is that I started with 10 gallons of juice which I fermented in 5 gallon...

I'm about 1 month from bottling my first cider. It has been sitting in secondary for 2 months now and is nice and clear. I have never made a sparkling cider before, only still cider, so I have some questions for the experienced. They are as follows: With only 3 months in secondary will I...

I would like to gauge the more experienced among us about these topics in more depth. I am wondering what the thoughts are on using nutrients. I have yet to pitch nutrients with my yeast for fear that the fermentation would be too quick because even in temps in the 50-62F degree range my...

Hey all, Some questions regarding what you use to bottle your sparkling cider. I was planning on using European champagne bottles but I hear the corks required are larger than corks for US champagne bottles. This brings up some questions: Does anyone here use European champagne bottles? If...