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   Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺 (ned@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2024 20:59:11 JST Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺

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   Juice: Apple
   Sugar: 150g
   Time: 3 weeks, + 1-2 weeks.

   So I prepped 2 bottles to be due on the 24th after 3 weeks. I put this bottle in the fridge as planned. But when I tried it for Christmas it was way too sweet. I was a bit concerned because it did look like fermentation stopped early. So I took it out of the fridge and added some more yeast as a hail Mary. A few days ago it stopped again, so I put it in the fridge. Trying it tonight, it's a killer! Dark and stormy. High alcohol.

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     Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺 (ned@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2024 21:02:46 JST Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺

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     The 2nd bottle I never put in the fridge. But it had stopped fermentation too. I added more yeast and put in on the shelf next to the window. Since then it's been bubbling very well. Way better than any other bottle I've made. This one had 200g of sugar, so it should be incredibly strong by now.

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     CrimeaRiver (crimeariver@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Monday, 08-Jan-2024 21:06:59 JST CrimeaRiver

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     @ned

     The yeast you used initially couldn't tolerate the high alcohol content, or was older than was able to maintain fermentation.

     When doing ciders, I always recommend using a new champagne yeast, as it's able to handle the alcohol being produced.