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Still, un-bubbly cider after priming and left for 3 weeks at room temperature
This was the first time I primed my cider when bottling for carbonation. I exclusively wild ferment and press my own apples.
I added what I think was enough sugar (ca. 120 g for 25 L), and bottles ...
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Cold crashing and priming for carbonation, does that work?
My wild fermented cider from freshly pressed apples has been on the carboy for almost one and a half months now.
Cider is cloudy and there's still some very, VERY occasional airlock activity (once or ...
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How to use priming sugar
I am about to bottle my first cider, and i have a 500g bag of priming sugar, from what i have read, i can either prime each bottle, or i can pour the sugar into the brewing vessel and stir it in if i ...
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Bottling Hard Cider - can I prime with sweet cider?
I have some hard cider nearly ready to be bottled, and I am wondering if using pasteurized sweet cider as a primer would be a reasonable option. That is, I would mix in an appropriate volume of sweet ...