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'Bottle or batch priming'??? Won't sugar reactivate any yeast??? Mick

Thanks for the reply, the hydrometer reading was taken just before racking to the demijohn and before we added the water. Will the ABV drop as it's standing in the demijohn or will I need to add anything to it prior to bottling. Won't adding sugar to the bottles reactivate the yeast and start...

I think I already deduced that. 😒

Well, we juiced the apples and got approx 5 gallon of juice. We carried out all of the instructions as per the video link Chippy Tea posted (thank you). We are now at the stage whereby we have just 'racked' (is that the correct term?) our fermented juice into a 5 gallon demijohn (although I had...

Thanks for the that chippie,much appreciated. Gave me a rough idea to start with. :-)))) Mick

Just popped by to introduce myself and say 'Hello'...Hello, i'm mick the wife is marcela and we live in the north east, so you'd think we'd already know everything there is to know about producing/consuming alcohol, not so...;-) Going to give this cider malarkey a try (well the wife is, since...

Hi all My wife is a keen gardener and this year has a cracking crop of apples (along with rhubarb, blueberries, blackcurrants, blackberries, redcurrants, raspberries etc). Instead of trying to store the apples this year she would like to try making a cider from them but since neither of us has...