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Offline syncopadence

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Help with my first cider
« on: September 03, 2018, 01:06:50 pm »
Hey everyone, going to be making my first cider soon. I plan on just using some apple juice from a local grocery store and some SafCider yeast. Anything else I need to add? I've heard of people using campden tablets. Should I use that? Potassium or sodium version, and how many?
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

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Re: Help with my first cider
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2018, 01:30:43 pm »
Cider and yeast are all you need.  Campden is not necessary especially with commercial juice.  Be sure the juice doesn't have sorbates in it.
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Re: Help with my first cider
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2018, 01:51:02 pm »
Cider and yeast are all you need.  Campden is not necessary especially with commercial juice.  Be sure the juice doesn't have sorbates in it.
Awesome, thanks Denny!

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Re: Help with my first cider
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2018, 03:47:47 pm »
Be sure to rinse the bottles off and sanitize the top portions before dumping in the fermenter.
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