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Cider Yeast & Additives

The yeast decides how dry a cider finishes and how much apple survives the ferment. A dedicated cider strain plus staged nutrient will out-perform the sachet taped to the kit almost every time.

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Cider Yeast & Additives

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SafCider AB-1 Cider Yeast

SafCider AB-1 Cider Yeast

Aromatic cider strain that keeps fresh apple character.

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Mangrove Jack's M02 Cider Yeast

Mangrove Jack's M02 Cider Yeast

Reliable cider workhorse, finishes crisp.

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Elegance Wine and Mead Yeast 50g

Elegance Wine and Mead Yeast 50g

Wine and mead strain — clean, fruit-preserving.

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Elegance Wine and Mead Yeast 12g

Elegance Wine and Mead Yeast 12g

Single-batch pack of the Elegance strain.

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AWRI 796 Wine and Mead Yeast 12g

AWRI 796 Wine and Mead Yeast 12g

Australian Wine Research Institute strain, single batch.

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AWRI 796 Wine and Mead Yeast 50g

AWRI 796 Wine and Mead Yeast 50g

AWRI 796 in a larger pack.

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Go-Ferm Sterol Flash 50g Yeast Nutrient

Go-Ferm Sterol Flash 50g Yeast Nutrient

Rehydration nutrient for a strong, even start.

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Fermaid AT 50g Yeast Nutrient

Fermaid AT 50g Yeast Nutrient

Staged nutrient — add during ferment, not at pitch.

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Fermaid AT 1kg Yeast Nutrient

Fermaid AT 1kg Yeast Nutrient

Bulk staged nutrient for repeat batches.

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Morgan's Cider Flavour Strawberry

Morgan's Cider Flavour Strawberry

Post-ferment strawberry flavouring.

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Go-Ferm Sterol Flash 1kg Yeast Nutrient

Go-Ferm Sterol Flash 1kg Yeast Nutrient

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Picking a cider yeast

The yeast decides how dry a cider finishes and how much apple character survives fermentation. It is the single cheapest change you can make to a kit cider.

SafCider AB-1 and Mangrove Jack's M02 are both purpose-built cider strains — they ferment further than a generic ale yeast and preserve fresh fruit aroma rather than stripping it. The wine and mead strains suit bigger, higher-alcohol batches.

Nutrient timing matters. Adding it in stages during fermentation, rather than all at pitch, keeps the yeast healthy through to the end and avoids the stalled, half-dry finish that makes a cider taste cloying.

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Cider yeast choice and nutrient timing decide how dry a batch finishes and how much apple character survives. Tell us what you are after.

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