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Hi there Chrig, she bought me the brewmaker deluxe kit, it just seems lacking in taste and flavour even though it has nearly fully fermented and after adding tannin to my other homebrew cider (made yesterday from proper apples) I feel that adding tannin would give the kit cider a lot more body...

My girlfriend bought me a cider making deluxe kit which i have been dermenting for a couple of weeks now and SG is now around 1010 so it should hopefully be ready to bottle soon. I am just wondering if i can add tannin, sweetner, citric acid precip chalk etc... To a shop bought cider kit (not...

Hi all, brilliant replies, i will definitely order online and add to the cider once it arrives then. Will there be instructions on the packet for how much powder to add? Many thanks chaps! :thumb:

Hi all I am making my first cider tomorrow, i went to Wilkinsons and Boyes yesterday to try and get some tannin but neither sold it, is there a household alternative? If not then at what stage does the tannin get added because i could order some online but it wont arrive until middle of next...

Excellent rhodgkins thanks a lot for the reply, im just nervous about messing up my first batch with all the lovely apples i have got off people. I will get some yeast nutrient today while i am out. Does anybody else see any comments or see anything incorrect with my plan for making my cider...

Ok so I am readying myself to attempt my first ever batch of homemade cider at the weekend, I have read many articles and bought lots of bits and bobs and am currently in the middle of making a crude apple press. Here are a fair few questions I need clarifying please, I apologise if I seem a...

Thanks again Robwalker, just what I needed to know, cracking stuff!

Hi all. All perfect answers thank you all so much for taking the time to get back to me. Can i just ask is Splenda the best artificial sweetener to use or would anybody recommend any other product? I do need to order some stuff online so I could buy an alternative. Also I need to order bottle...

Hi all Well as i say i am just new and very keen to this whole homebrew world. I am currently brewing a cider homebrew kit but next weekend I will be juicing my own apples and making my first ever proper cider so i have a few basic and probably daft questions that I hope should be easy to...

Wow this is a whole new world all this brewing malarky, thanks for the info on the SG, makes a little more sense now, only a little though haha. I do not unfortunately have a decent blender, i have just read that this can lead to the pips being crushed and this is not good for the cider...

Hi oldbloke, thanks for taking the time to reply. I did get a hydrometer in with my kit, i am going to have to research this a bit as i haven't got the foggiest idea what it does, could you tell me very simply what this basically does please? One thing i may have done wrong is half fill my...

Hi all This is both my introduction and my first question, intro first. I love Cider, most kinds of cider and I used to live in bournemouth and drank all sorts of weird and wonderful local Dorset ciders whilst there. I am now in Teesside though and into my fourth year off work with a spinal...