Recent content by raymondo

Still biking after nearly 50 years - Honda CB1300. Owned for 15 years now. Bike number 15 I think.

A wild cider fermentation takes a while to get underway - mine often sit for 7 to 10 days before showing activity. Can't help regarding Kviek yeast - never used it, supposed to ferment at high temperatures I believe. You need to use a hydrometer to assess how fermentation is going.

Just my thoughts...... 7% alcohol content, full of tannin, quite acidic, carbonate in bottles so no oxygen.

I tried exactly the same method - and it is an expensive product - and found the same result. Following this post with interest.

Should have said - brewed in 1993 - so nearly 30 years old!

I have one bottle of Hardy Ale - 25th anniversary tucked away - tempted to a) drink it and b) try to propogate the yeast. Any ideas what strain it might be if viable?

Afternoon all!

Have you tried Carafa 2, or Carafa 3 - both will give colour without excessive bitterness?

Still on the telephone topic. Dial 0, operator answers, give the number you are dialling from and the number you want to speak to. Operator manually connects you.

4d in my day! Dial a disc, press B to get your money back. A new single every Sunday if I remember.

I'm still using my Loxford Wine and Beer tester - must be around the same age as your broken hydrometer. I'll be disappointed when I eventually break it - bound to happen sometime.

An interesting series playing out on Youtube - The Craft Beer Channel. All about cask ale - Hook Norton brewery in episode 2 is particularly interesting.

Plenty of products here suitable for Reggie Perrin's GROT shop.

Additional information here as well. https://groups.google.com/g/cider-workshop

South Devon here - very limited crop this year - 3 weeks of frost in April/early May during flowering. Initial thoughts are it's not worth getting the press out. The orchards I scrump from are just as bare.