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    Secondary fermentation in oak cask - airlock required

    Hi, I have 600 litres of cider which was racked for the first time yesterday, 200 litres of which was racked into 2 x 100 litre oak barrels. Before racking, the cider was still fermenting at a rate of one bubble (through the airlock) per two minutes. This was due to cool weather here and the...
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    Yeast at bottom, can I still convert it

    Helloooo. I have two batches. One measured about 1.058 O.G and is now 0.998 after about 8 weeks. Quite dry, not fizzy, no yeast sediment at bottom. About 700g of sugar was added to 16l of juice. My question is about the second batch. I didn't add any sugar and forgot to take the hydrometer...
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    White growth on top of cider brew

    Hi, I have one 16 litre cider brew which is fine - bubbling away and no white growth. I have a second 11 litre batch, brewed a week later which is also bubbling away nicely but has developed a white growth on top. Anyone know what this is and how I can get rid of it? Or is the batch already...
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    Safe to drink after adding campden tablets?

    Hi, first 16 liter batch of cider has been fermenting nicely for a week now. Did a second batch of 12 liters yesterday and added 3 crushed Campden tablets - no yeast or anything else added yet. My mate at work made me some replacement blocks for my apple press and I want to return the favour...
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    How much sugar to add

    Hi, just about to add the yeast (& maybe sugar) and checked the S.G. reading: 1.042 = ~5.5% My hydrometer table tells me to subtract the final ABV from the original. I read that Nottingham ale yeast will finish fermenting at 1.005 (which is 0.6% on my hydrometer table). So does that mean that...
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    My first cider brew advice

    Hi, I've brewed beer from kits a couple of times before but this my first proper cider brew. I've pressed 16 liters from my tree and a mates and just wanted to check what I've done so far and my planned next steps are right so that I don't end up with moldy apple juice. So far I have...
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