Do you hate sanitizing transfer vessels or using a racking cane? The process of racking adds an additional step that could introduce oxygen or contaminates into your cider, not good. Also, it’s a lot of work! To get around this, I recently started using a...
The airlock, also called a bubbler, is an essential fermentation device that protects your cider from bugs, bacteria, oxygen and other undesirables during fermentation. It allows excess CO2, a byproduct of fermentation, to escape the fermenter while keeping a...
Kits for making hard cider that are available online generally include basic essentials such as a fermenter and airlock but beginners quickly outgrow these setups. For someone looking to make a decent size batch and have more control over their homemade cider, they...