Waldo JaquithCan you make hard cider by pouring some yeast into a jug of store-bought cider and jamming a brewing airlock into the cap? IDK, let's find out!
Will@waldoj 100% this will work to make alcohol. No comment on if it will hit all the notes you want, but it will be booze.
@Will My basic thinking is that apple cider wants more than anything to be alcoholic. You have to work to stop it from doing that. So that bit should be easy.
Tom@waldoj @tbridge things I learned about cider in my few efforts making it from neighborhood trees: 1) this is why we have crabapples, if you add around 10-20% crabapple juice to other sweet apple juice, it adds enough acidity to kill bacteria while the natural yeast on apple skin gets going. This is the natural way to make cider w/o a lot of sterilization. 2) always use a blow-off valve. Yeast produce CO2, and in a sealed vessel, it creates enormous pressure