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are there bubbles in the cider at surface?, if there is sounds like an air leak round the bubbler area.

alarm bells should be ringing, 6 litres plus 20.5 litres, 26.5 litres volume? 6 pints is just a bit over. we dont want thin beer. :)

i would go 36 or 32 pint, as they seem thin at 40 pint.

Conical for me, its THE beer glass! :thumb: :cheers: :drink:

My work pal has brought me a bottle of his first brew! He has gone full bore, its a in brown glass bottle with a proper cap! Im still on 2L pet and grolsch bottles! :D But im comfortable with Ghetto at present, substance over style. :D

half a crushed campden tablet to your 23.5 Litres of water, was the tip i got from here which has been a god send. the second tip is wait,( it will mellow) get another brew on the go. I am drinking some Edme Lager i bottled in May this year, what an improvement 4 months makes. Gonna try my best...

thats a great outlook. As quoted by Bachman Turner overdrive "any lovin's good lovin, so i took what i could get" :thumb:

could go like the Mitchell and webb sketch, drink when they say' Merger'. :drink:

Had another mail from the Ch'oaf at woik, took in a bottle of Wurzels i had spare. He and his 'trouble' enjoyed it, and that is to be the next project. :drink: bostin :party:

Chuntering to a guy at work (he has recently been reinstated after our 3 day week and redundancy period ), I mentioned that I dabble in a drop of HB, told him about you guys on here.He confessed he had been looking to try HB but didnt know where to start. that was 2 weeks ago. Had an email...

Is there a support group? ( other than here ) I am a Victim!! ;)

so you 'double drop'? :party: And they carry enough yeast through to gas up a bottle/keg, have been tempted but unsure. Must try on my next brew. :thumb:

I too am a Youngs ( man ). for wine.

In the West country ( other parts of the world are available ). They just squash apples and dont add anything else!! And most of the fellas on that gear get well wobbly. Hugh Furry Whitingstall ( or summat ) did too! :drink:

The last batch i made, i added a bit of sugar as og seemed low, but the main difference is i used Nottingham yeast, to try to lose that 'winey' nose. Only poblem i had is it seems to have dropped nearly all the yeast so its not very fizzy on the secondary ferment, but it tastes the bomb. :drink:

hello :cheers: hope this helps

As im not concerned with the alcohol strength of my beer, only the taste and looks, i have stopped checking og and final sg, and only check the sg when i think its time to bottle ( 7 or 10 days, bit longer for cold weather). I go by smell, taste and look, of the taster glass. Other than adding...

thanks chaps. We had a great time, the kids got to have a good splash in the paddling pool, just as they were getting a bit blue in hue, they came in. Then the rain started, worked out well cos mi veg needed a good soaking :thumb: .

On sunday we held a party at our house for my son. We had a home made cake in the shape of a frog my daughter chose the pattern!. This looked like the pattern photo and tasted great. But the big thing for me was i had made all the booze, bitter ( Bottled and pressure kegged ), lager,Turbo Cider...

They were superb in Brum on Saturday, brutal and tight. Loved the new stuff, World painted blood, set the standard and plowed on Regardless. Angel of death, Raining blood,are just class. :twisted: :twisted: :party: