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I started to hydro at the start and finish and used a calculation (which ive lost) to work it out, then i thought it tastes ok and did the trick so stop bothering with the hydro for the same amount on the following batch

Ability to speak really, nothing technical.

Led Zep i understand that, apologies for not being clear, i meant how did you work out that ABV or any other ABV ?

Chippy, the one thing im very confused at ( well a few actually) this is pretty much a WOW recipe so how does it become a cider and not a wine? And i have added a bag of sugar to my wow and it wasnt too strong? Im sure all this will become clear one day soon.

Thats great, one more question how did/do you get to that figure?

just looked at my bottles. Red grape juice is 16g per 100 and Apple juice is 12g per 100. Not sure how to work out the ABV of anything ive made as yet, as ive only done kits and a WOW wine whee i just followed a recipe given.

You mean sugar Chippy i take not juice? This does get confusing i have to say as some say add it to the demi, you and other recipes leave the sugar out? Now this first batch will either be as flat as a witches *** or blow my head off.. (either way it'll get drunk) Thanks once again Chippy

Thanks Led Zep thats really helpful, now the sugar being calculated do i add this at the start during initial fermentation, or as some other recipes read, this is added to the bottles once fermentation has finished. As you can guess im somewhat confused on this and any guidance is always good...

Hello again Barley, as ive been extremely busy doing other things these past few weeks, ive now got the time to start on my first attempt at TC cider. As ive done wine recently and attempted lager, both of these processes add sugar to the initial fermentation process, the ones on here only add...

Thats really helpful Barney, very much appreciated. Just 1 question though, when you say 1/2 packet of yeast what is that exaclty. tad confused? Thanks again

Hello there, just looking for a decent home made cider recipe and this one looks ok, my only issue is having read this thread and saying divide everything by 5, im sure by doing this it wont all fit in the demi john or a i being numb? Thanks in advance Craig

Good morning, Has anyone here got a really good recipe for homemade cider, rather than buying it in a kit form? Thanks in advance Craig

yeah the merlot still does taste a tad tangy to be honest. Ive done a Beaverdale Pinot and that tastes like a shop bought one. I think the issue with the Merlot was that i didnt de-gas enough? Im not 100% sure as im new at this, but the Pinot got a serious de-gassing and that tastes really nice...

Hello there, which one as ive got a few on the go at the moment?

Thanks, much appreciated

Thanks for the info, very much appreciated. For your infor, ive been using 5/6 carbonation drops per 2 litre bottle, and some bottles ive used 4.5 tsp of normal sugar instead, just to see if this makes any difference. One other point that i need to mention is that the lager is very clear in the...

So the answer maybe then is to 'borrow' some glasses from the pub to help achieve this...

Good evening, i have posted before regarding lager kits and issues found while doing these. Once again after trying a different method of the bottling process etc, im still finding after leaving the lager to do its thing for a good few weeks that the lager once opened from a PEP bottle does as...

As im new at this 'wow' making, i have had some very decent help from Chippy t and others, and im currently on my 4th Dj of the supermarket wine. The latest one thats clearing nicely as we speak is red grape juice, orange juice and prune juice. Yes i now that sounds rank but its not as everyone...

I understand what your saying, and i thought i'd given the bottles enough time to carb up? Ive brought the bottles back in now but how will i know if theyre right this time around, as i thought they were ok this time?