Craft Hard Cider: Recipes, Tips, and Ideas for Making & Enjoying Hard Cider
Do you have a packet of yeast where the expiration date has passed? Maybe you harvested some yeast from last season’s batch of hard cider but it has been sitting in the refrigerator ever since. Is this yeast dead and unusable or could it still be viable? The quick answer is that you can still … Continue reading Cider Question: Can I use expired yeast?
A yeast starter is used to increase the biomass of a yeast and to ensure the yeast cells are healthy and ready to ferment. It is how you grow more yeast cells to ensure you have enough for a robust ferment and to ensure the yeast cells you are using are healthy and full of … Continue reading Yeast Starter for Cider
Whether you use commercial yeast or wild yeast, you really should be thinking about yeast propagation. Yeast propagation is the process of taking a small yeast sample, usually from a plate or slant and growing it until you have enough to pitch into your juice to make cider. You might be thinking, that sounds like … Continue reading Yeast Propagation for Cider
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