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i nipped to the local brew shop and got some gervin wine yeast and some yeast nutient and the juice and sugar from tescos. so 500g of sugar should do it :?:and do you dissolve it in hot water first :?:

going to do a little turbo cider brew today , iv got a 4.8ltr dj which i use for my wine, so what do i need , what yeast and do i put all of the packet in , do i add sugar to it and a yeast nutraint ???? :hmm:

bottled my cider tonight and it was a bit smelly. not a bad smell but didnt smell much like cider. :D looks like my job might be ok iv been told we are down sizeing and im in there plans, but will mean iv got a longer ride on my motorbike . :grin: dam ;)

just tried my stout and wow its so much better , no home brew twang, and so much flavour, i would buy this :party:

its now been 2 days and it still at 1010 so its ready to bottle, but it looks like iv lostmy job and im not in the mood to bottle tonight, is it ok to leave it till tomorrow or thursday :(

iv given a stir now thanks for the advice. if it stays at 1010 then it means it will be 4% but on the can it says it will be 5% . is that just hit and miss and it will be what it will be :wha:

my cider has stopped bubbling now, and its at 1010 but it says on the tin it should be 998 or less ???????? what shall i do

its now been 7 days since i started the brew and on the instrutions it says it takes 7 days but it is still bubbling away and the hyro reading and its 1010 and they say its got to be 998 or less so is it fermenting ok. when priming the bottles ill use 1/2 tsp of brewing sugar in 500ml bottles...

just done a hydrometer reading on my brewbuddy cider and its fermenting nicely. i tried a bit from the hydrometer tube and its really nice, is it ok to drink this early into fermenting or will it make me :sick:

it was a "3 "ok but didnt want another , its still quite bitter . i have noticed the home brew twang , my larger has it and so does the stout, dont think its in my head. i didnt do anything to the water , what can i do to it , i think someone said about CAMPDEN TABLETS do have to leave it...

i tried my lager 10 days after bottling them and priming them and they were ok to drink, its now been 7 days since iv done my stout. what do you think they will be like to drink now . im going to try one tonight and wanted to know what you lot think. 1 really really bad :sick: 2 bad :nono...

iv now done the brewmaster cider kit , its been done for about 30 mins and its already started to bubble , i love that sound :party: , its now in my bedroom because the airing cupboard was to warm. so now i can hear when i fall asleep, not sure if the wife will like it :lol:

:thumb: yeah thanks think ill be going to wilkos 2morrow :party:

i know im a newbie but is all grain worth doing " most of you will probley want to shoot me on the spot but it seems a lot of time and trouble when you can get it from a can in your local homebrew shop. please dont to mean to me :pray:

no sorry what i meant was the apple juice from tescos is 50% apple juice and then water and sugar . not ill add more water. but is was going to add more sugar

thanks for everyones help, but i think i do a kit why im still a newbie :cheers:

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ok im going to do it , there is some tesco apple juice 50% and just sugar and water for 45p so thats £9 for 20ltrs :thumb: . will it carbonated after priming the bottles. can you please give a run down on how to do it, if it the same as coopers kits im ok, what temp does it have to be iv been...

i can get a cider kit for about£12 which comes with yeast and will make 27ltrs .

so how long did it take to brew and did it taste nice, hoiw much did it cost to do