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Chaps and Ladies, Did the kit exactly as mentioned, aside from adding 30 pints as opposed to 24 to bring the ABV down. I think that it fermented out too quickly as it spent the first day at 22°C and then it went to my brew room where it spent the next 4 days at 18°C. Will this impart on the...

Ta MD

ok - SG has been at just below 1000 for 3 days now Im about to bottle and am wondering if I should use a little brewing sugar in each 500ml glass bottle to promote a little effervescence I used this yeast but am not that impressed as the end result has a bit of a sherry taste to it would this...

When can I bottle it so it retains the fizz?

ta for that chap - may well have a pint or two this evening!!!!

Looked in on my cheeky vimto today which has been going since saturday Started at 1075 - now at 1030. Cheekily tried it and it blooming marvelous should I let it go a bit longer? 6% is enough for me currently what can I do to keep it nice and fizzy in bottles?

Near where I work, on the other side of the river there are some wild hops. Would these be ok to use at all if I get a boat and cut them? There are probably 10 or 20 meters of hop vines there. What do I do with them when they are picked? Cheers all Russ

I can confirm "Turbot Cider" 1 is actually rank and will be thrown down the sink "Turbot Cider" 2 is actually very nice and I think that time will work its wonders on it. Thanks for all your helps guys. I think I need to follow the recipes to the letter for the "Cheeky Vimto" Russ

I will have to have another sip of them tonight, but its sort of a bittery taste or more stouty? first batch is in fridge now trying to clear, second will go in when there is space

I want to start a cheeky Vimto on saturday but scared in case it has the same "odd" taste

Cheers Muddy, Right first of all Turbot Cider 1 4l of Asda Apple Juice - Not from concentrate - sg taken up to 1075 using caster suger 22.5g of Alcotec 48 Temp kept at about 21°C Left for 48 hrs Final sg 908 ish Turbot Cider 2 4l of Asda Apple Juice from concentrate SG taken to 1085 using...

Guys, im having an issue with all my *(turbo)* ciders tasting a bit on the odd side - what infomation do you guys need to diagnose?

all grain sir

Ladies and Gentlemen, does someone have a list of the gear i would need to produce a basic but strong IPA ?

ta mate will give ita goo tonight

Ok, my first batch of turbo cider finished yesterday, using adsa ownbrand pure applejuice I used one of those turbo yeasts as I wasnt overly concerned about flavour, just wanted something to get drunk on! Suprisingly the flavour is good, bit of a vodkary taste of to it! My question is, could I...