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Thanks all. Nice to see there's some locals about :)

Thanks again for the advice folks. I racked off into a clean vessel and then pitched. I can't say it smelled great when I racked it. Hopefully that's a hangover from the sulphur tablets rather than anything untoward. Cheers.

Initially for me it was hating to see much of the apples on my tree going to waste. I couldn't bare to see them getting binned, so I bought a press, much to the wife's utter disgust. Having made a couple of batches, I've got the bug and now I want to learn the craft to the best of my ability...

Thanks for the advice. I guess its a trade-off between leaving it as is, and racking it off with risk of contamination. I'm pretty religious about sanitisation so I'd probably be okay with an extra rack. @tonyhibbett - I assume you left the sediment present in your December batches? Will...

Hi Folks, Moved to a house with an old Bramley tree in the front garden last year and also have access to a variety of other apples. This is my second year of cider making. Last year produced approx 30 litres of bottle conditioned dry cider. Well received by the family, if a little bit...

Hi Folks. Newbie to the forum here. This is my second year of cider making, and I'm onto my second 30 litre batch this year. I've struggled to find time to press my second batch (pressed them yesterday), and therefore the apples have been stored for rather longer than they should have been...