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Hello, I've found a wild crab apple tree (apples a little smaller than a ping pong ball) and I wondered, will they spoil the taste of garden apple cider? If so, how much can I get away with adding? Thanks brewers.

The yeast won't be dead however using natural yeast is slower and less tasty than adding them. In any case my house is quite cold and often there is little to nothing to see in the way of fermentation after 2 days. I'm not sure whether you should leave the vessel on the radiator, maybe just put...

Good recipe, I'll bear it in mind once I've gathered the fruit, we have just had our first frost in North Yorkshire so I have been scouting out the sloes but I'd say it's still slightly early - where are you?

It's looking good! Good idea with the wood chips too.

Am I correct in thinking that wild hops can only be found in Britain in south east England?

Thanks for the sensible answers gentleman. Yes this was a serious question. I have a big selection of old creosote and creocote cans going back a long way and obviously factories and lumber mills or such places must have a way of removing creosote effectively. Also with my equipment doing 5...

Hello, has anyone used old creosote cans sucessfully for fermenting / dispensing? Do you think this is possible, and if so, are there any particular chemicals I should use to make sure they are completely clean on the inside? I'm not sure what the correct word is for a 2 gallon plastic...

Thanks m8. 5 gallons with my equipment is quite a lot to produce at one time so this shall make things much easier.

995 means a low sugar level not alcohol. All the sugar has been eaten up and turned into alco.

Subjective question I suppose. But in my and my customers opinions - ok.

Flourided water is just the tip of the iceberg.

Good evening gentlemen, is it ok to combine DJs of fermenting apple juice made from the same apples at close to the same time? They have had different yeasts and different amounts of sugar added. It would make things easier to combine them into 5 gallon tubs. Thanks

What should I do Terry? No, it's the CO2 injection barrel from thehomebrewshop.co.uk. Thanks for the suggestions anyway to be sure I can just sterilise it by an alternative mthod to be safe.

That's what I thought. Hoever I have bought a barrel with a brass valve and it came with a leaflet saying not to use SMBS as it can damage the valve. Maybe inside where I can't see it is stainless steel?

I usually sterilise with a teaspoon full of Na2S2O5, but I heard this can damage the valve. Thank you.

Yes! I have Wilko's wine constantly on the go, and when the plums, apples and sloes come through I will make some more cider, plum wine and sloe gin. The plum wine didn't ferment for some reason last season so fingers crossed. You never know I might try some apple wine or something I have a few...

Yeah it's actually quite simple you will get the hang in no time.

Hello, at the time of making I had quite a few questions and concerns. I did have to ditch some juice as it wasn't fermenting for some reason but as my sig shows I now have 12 gallons of still cider from our own apples and it has basically turned out ok. I thought I would let the forum know...

My hydrometer tells you how much % alcohol you will have on the scale. Very convenient.

Ok I will sulphite again and back sweeten, I have found the figure of 2.75 ounces of sugar per gallon for an increase of 0.005 SG, so I will use that to get back up from 1 to 1.015.