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I stopped a turbo cider stupidly via potassium sorbate, bit of a brain fart I suppose as I've never done it before....but had just stopped a wine so maybe that....Anyway short story long lol but is there anyway of still being able to bottle carbonate it? Im thinking sugar as normal with a bit of...

Hi all, Making redcurrant wine, I'd steeped my redcurrants for a week and a pear drop smell (assuming ethyl acetate) on the steeped redcurrants has appeared. At this point I'd added nothing but went ahead with the straining, adding of the sugar, yeast nutrient and pectolase, before finally...

😊 thanks

Hi chippy, digging up an old post here but would you still recommend this recipe? Also can you remind me of the ingredient I should look for in apple juice that makes it a no go? A preserving agent I think it is??!!

Hi all. Just a follow up on a previous post. Brew started 16th October. Using my own pressed apple juice (15 litres) and GV13 yeast. Activity quiet so tested gravity tonight (SG was 1050) and sat at 1000. Seems to have finished awfully fast and cider has zero sweetness, almost sour? Which are...

Yeah the OG was 1.050

I used 3 ( 1 per 5l as directed) and was the full pack of GV-13

Morning all First time brewing cider from my own pressed apples. I have 15 litres of juice sat in a fermentation bucket in my front room (temp gauge 18-20°c) and day 4 it sprang into life releasing through the air lock every 30 seconds or so. Day 5 a.m there was a little but by evening nothing...

I'll force myself to drink it whether or not (within reason) :laugh8:

Thanks for letting me join! My name is Ben, long time lurker and searcher before joining today. Ventured in making my own cider last year and before that some experience of wine and beer kits

Hi all and thanks for allowing me to join. Apologies if this has been asked before!! I've made wine from a few kits before so I understand the process from that point of view, and make cider from my own allotment apples last year. I have a phoenix grape vine on the allotment and decided that...