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I added a package of yeast to what appears to be 20l-22l of press apple cider. The package is for 23l of cider. How much if at all will this effect the final taste if at all? I don't particularily want to add any store bought juice or press more apples.

I am no dummy I tells ya. I spent a good 40 hours over the last two weeks reading and re-reading everything I could get my hands on. Call center jobs make it easy to do so. Built a press yesterday with no blue prints. Crushed the apples on the press today. Got 70 litres juice from 290lbs, a...

Adding the campden tablets first to kill any bacteria or natural yeasts. Adding tannin because none of the applies I am using are crab or Astrigent apples. Will wait to see the OG before adding sugar, thanks for the tip. Pinching the yeast after a day to make sure the campden tablets do their...

First post so I hope I can get some help. I have 290 pounds of apples I am pressing tomorrow to make a hard cider. A healthy mix of 7 different apple types from Nova Scotia. Mac 80lbs), Cortland (80lbs), Jonagold (40lbs), Russet(10lbs), Empire(20lbs), Gravenstein(40lbs) and Cox Orange...