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I am pretty much new to home brewing. Would it be a safe bet to buy a load of Brewers Yeast to use in a multitude of recipies? Or should I get a more specific yeast?

Are you supposed to leave the lid on the airlock?

Thanks for this. Does this work out economical? Apple juice cost quite alot!

So all I currently have is a Demojohn a Bung and an Airlock. Im not too fussed about anything flashy. Is this enough equipment to make a simple cider? :wha: If so, any ideas please?

Its not the sole objective. So I think i will try and avoid the shits etc :drunk:

Nope, but i think I see where your going with that. Good idea! Is it absolutley nessesary to wait untill all activity (i.e C02 release) has stopped in the bottles before drinking it?

I have bought some of those items, on the way from ebay! Thanks for your help

Oooops. I did not boil the t-shirt! The bottles are just 2 litre plastic water bottles. I open them up everynow and again to release the CO2. There does not seem to be any problem so far but from what you have just told me I fear there might be? Also can I stop the fermentation process myself...

Hi guys. I just joined today and this forum is great! My first project is ongoing and I have started with something simple; hooch! Hopefully It will be ready to drink tomorrow and I can't wait. Thanks in advance to everyone who Im sure will be of a great help to me. :cheers: and hopefully I...

There is nothing in particular that is making me think it is infected. It just seems strange that using a t-shirt to filter the yeast solution is a safe way to do it? Maybe I am just been paranoid as the source the recipe came from is quite reputable! By the way to I have to wait until it has...

I decided to make hooch as my first brewing adventure. The recipe (just bread, sugar orange juice and water) that I made it from says to use a t-shirt to filter out the bread from the yeast solution. All the equipment, the bottles etc were either brand new or well cleaned. However I am...