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I started off a new cider just under 2 weeks ago. I made a solution of brown sugar and water, to up the gravity to 1.060 I checked it kicked off to a good ferment and just forgot about it. Checked tonight and the gravity for both is at 1.000 And to my surprise, looking at the bottom of the...

Just to update! I've bottled the cider from one of the DJs. The other DJs full is sitting in my garage. I'll bottle it sooner or later. I hope the cider clears out. It looks insanely murky. A few friends wanted to try it, and then stopped in terror when they saw a bottle of it. Eventually...

Here's something I found interesting. Both DJs started off identical in appearance. I have treated them precisely the same, and done all the same things at all the same times.

The yeast has taken very well.

Well my ABV is 3.6% and it tastes like apple juice... So, I'm going to pitch some champagne yeast. Maybe dry things out a bit and get the alcohol content up a bit too.

Thanks for your timely advice! I could have had a bomb in waiting! :) Do you have any ideas regarding what I posted a bit earlier? About the gravity and sugar and such? Cheers!

Well it seems mild. When I racked it was bubbly and I saw some bubbles coming up. But it's not bubbling or fizzing away or anything. And it's plastic, not glass.

Thanks for your advice! I followed it, and checked one of the DJs and it seems the carbonation has set in!

I didn't measure my starting SG. However I measured it today at 1010 I know there is sugar in there which hasn't been fermented or eaten by yeast Should I re-pitch with champagne yeast? Or more cider yeast? Or should I just let it sit there. I'm on week 4. I racked the cider last week. However...

Heya! Well I racked the cider yesterday. That went really easy. One of the DJs looks like it's back at the beginning of the process - it just looks like some apple juice sitting there. The OTHER DJ almost immediately got a thin white layer all around the top of the liquid. I gave it a poke...

Oh cool! Does the squash have any preservatives? Like do you need to boil it something?

Just was wondering, is there any obvious visual sign if it's stopped fermenting? There are a lot of white bubbles along the rim of the liquid, but they aren't very active. The are just steadily sitting there. Also it looks like the air is still being pushed a bit in the airlock, so instead of...

Hiya Garry! Thanks for the information! I've been going out to Headington Homewares for everything, BUT Gills Ironmonger is a lot closer to me! So, thanks for letting me know they stock things, I'd never had thought of them!

My DJs are going nice and strong now! Inside the DJs white bubbles are shooting up fast and steady, and there is the hypnotic bubbling going away like mad. I'm loving it! Yeah I overfilled one, and that was the problem but that's sorted itself. The other one is exactly like you say, I filled...

Cool yeah, there's a homewares shop that definitely sells the tubing. I'll get some. This afternoon I took out the cotton that I'd jammed into the gromits and replace them with airlocks. I thought "Well, the DJs don't look too active. I HOPE it's actually doing something." And walked off. I...

Just had another quick look at them, one is definitely doing something, the colour has changed and there's a bit of foam on top. The other is bubbling away quite dramatically!

thanks! yeah i think i'll just go for broke with this first batch. if it tastes freaky or i go blind, then i'll just apply what i learned to my next batch. better to go through the whole process so i can make every first timer mistake now and up front. like the sound of the set up you describe!

Just checked, one of them has a very thin layer of foam on top! YAY!

Sure thing! Will do! Yeah at the moment I see no change at all. It seems all the yeast has sunk down with the sediment and it's all just sitting there. Thanks for your helpful advice again! :)

I read you might get undesireable mold or other problems if you didn't add the campden tablet. And that while the campden tablet might slow down fermentation, it wouldn't be a big deal in the long run. Is that wrong? I'll have to look up what Turbo Cider is. This is just fresh pressed apple...