Picking up home fermentation/brewing

I'm starting down the path of home fermentation/brewing with some hard cider. Unless you're after a natural/funky type fermentation, the first step is cleaning and sanitizing all equipment used. In this case, I used an iodine solution for the sanitation, which has a brown color and a smell reminiscent of chlorine but "heavier".

For this cider I went with a popular recipe on Homebrew Talk...

Picking up home fermentation/brewing