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Hahaaa. Yes....I have always been on to try to overdo things like this. just can't help but want to understand the science and calculations behind it. When someone says "this many grams per this amount"....I have to ask why. Can't help it. But yeah, 2-4% certainly is negligible. Aaaaaaaand I...

Brilliant. That was about as clear and concise as I could ask for. Just to be a pain though......I talked to my cell biology lecturer today about this. When I asked him about working out the amount of glucose and fructose I would need to get the same effect as that amount of sucrose....he told...

Thanks guys! Airgead. If I end up with a sucrose figure, do you think it would be fair to assume that sucrose, being 1 glucose and 1 fructose (Incidentally, the sugars found in apple juice) would have the same value? So I could just take the value it gives me for adding sucrose, and work out...

I have no idea what to do here. I'm coming up to when I will want to bottle soon and I have no idea what to do from a priming point of view. There doesn't seem to be anyone out there with a straightforward explanation with the maths of it all. Can anyone help me? give me some idea of how much...

Any ideas? Have I got this right, or are there mistakes? Thankyou.

Ok. So I am making some cider as some of you will have already gathered from my previous post. Although it is not ready to bottle yet, I am just trying to get my head around hat I will need to do to prime it when the time does come. I have decided that I will use apple juice to prime instead...

Right. So that cleanup time is important, but maybe no for a whole month. I don't really have what I would need to keep the cider that cool at the moment. Im usually sitting around 25C, but it is startin to get cooler now. I could do the 0-4 deg C temp in an old fridge I am sure, but maintaining...

So Greg, you reckon bottle it and let it have its month or so ageing in the bottles instead? Sounds fair. I do plan on fresh pressed craft cider one day, but I don't have the means to press apples (or enough apples) at this time. The ultimate distant future goal is to have an orchard and make...

Well. It has been sitting in primary for about a week. Was looking at leaving it there for a month...then assessing the situation. Thoughts? That is what you meant by bulk aging right?

That is an awesome idea. Just gonna have to do a bit of a calculation to work out how much sugar is in my juice, and therefore how much juice to use. The idea of ending up with extra cider sounds pretty great. And im gueaaing it will give a more appley taste to the end product as well. Are all...

Cool, I do have a long piece of clear hose that I can use for that, I will try to make it all happen as quickly as possible. I guess once the bottom of the bucket is full past the height of the end of the hose sitting in it, there is no more oxygen exposure apart from that from the surface of...

Wow, that's what I would call a unanimous decision. Sounds like primary isn't really the way to go. Saves a bit of screwing around too which is good. Also seems like getting any oxygen in the cider once it has fermented isn't a great idea. My plan for bottling is to rack off into a bucket the...

So you reckon just leaving it on the lees is the best way to go then hey? How long would you be looking at leaving something like that on the lees before you bottled? Thanks for the quick reply mate.

Hi everyone. I'm Coen and this is my fist post here. Have had a look around and this place seems great. Anyway, I am working on some cider (very small 4l batches) and I have question. There seems to be two ways of lookin at things from what I gather. Some people seem to think that it is best...