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That method ought to work. If you don't intend to carbonate it then you may want to add campden tablets and stabiliser when you've racked to the secondary. I'd normally have a little taste when racking and see how it is, it won't be as good as the final product but it will give you some idea of...

So long as everything was sterilised it should produce something decent. Although the character of the cider will be totally dependent on the apples used, and even then a crop can vary from year to year and tree to tree as conditions are never exactly the same two years in a row! I don't know...

Thank you for the kind words and good luck. If you encounter any problems I'm sure there'll be someone on here who will be able to help.

Hello everyone! :hat: Thought I'd drop by with a few photos and comments from my latest brew. I'm not an expert by any stretch of the imagination but the intention is to turn this into a basic how-to guide for BIAB in a way that can be followed by someone with some kit brewing experience. Also...

Something my dad often says about real ale is that the inconsistency is part of what makes it good. You'll never say 'ooh, that was a good beer' if it was exactly the same as every other pint you've had (I'm looking at you, Carlsberg et al!). Cask beer will sometimes be a bit off, but when it's...

What kind of bleach dilution is appropriate? I've not used bleach for anything other than cleaning toilets before!

I've had excellent results from Princes AJ http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/ ... =263906471 I am fortunate enough to have access to a wholesaler so I get it at about 55p/L

How much longer would you recommend? I was planning to rack it and then add finings tomorrow and bottle in the middle of next week.

Yes, this one is the worst: There were only three infected and they were all Savannah Dry bottles, which is kind of odd. But as there were only three out of thirty that are infected it's probably not worth the effort to clean them out. Going to sterilise the rest in the next day or two. Even...

It's been in there two and a half weeks, longer than it should, although I checked the SG not that long ago and it was around 1.020. It's about 1.010 now which is pretty much where I want it to be. I'm careful not to open the lid too much while fermenting. When I do then of course everything...

Thanks, it's good to be reassured that I haven't messed everything up! From the small sample I have I am quite pleased with the results so far. It will need fining, conditioning and carbonation, but it's definitely got the right kinds of flavours which is encouraging. It's really quite magical...

Thanks. I just checked my bottle collection and after throwing out a few that had grown infections (probably due to lazily not even rinsing them after a session!) I've just about got enough to bottle my current brew. I think I'll throw out all the brown glass ones as I can't tell if they're...

Apologies for two threads in an hour! I only just noticed this when opening the FV to take a hydrometer reading: It doesn't smell particularly bad. I took a sample and tasted it and it seems OK, if very yeasty. I've paid good money for worse in pubs. There are white bits floating on the...

Hi there, I noticed the other day that the pressure barrels in wilkos are on offer so I'm thinking about using it to help carbonate and dispense my beer from rather than bottling with some priming sugar. I'm a bit confused about exactly what to do though. I gather that I'll need to buy the CO2...

Excellent, good to hear that the flavours will change with fermentation! It was about minus 1 or 2 outside, combined with the outside of the boiler constantly being wetted with cold water from the towels and a chilly breeze. I'm pretty happy with how fast it was, but I'm planning on...

Could well be. I remember noting there was some powder of roughly the same colour in the packet of malt, so I assumed it was that.

I decided to go to the 'dark side' after finding a 30L boiler at a good price, but I've got a couple of questions. Hopefully everything is fine, but I'd just like to check in case something has gone wrong! The recipe I'm using is Eskimo Bitter (#2 on the recipe list on this website) 1) The wort...

I personally don't carbonate my ciders - I prefer them still. But yes, I can see that could be problem if he doesn't have a pressure keg.

I seem to remember reading that a small company which started out by putting ads up in the local area asking for unwanted apples and got way more than you'd need as an individual, so you could try that. For those interested, there's more info on them here: http://www.herefordtimes.com/archive/20...

Hi there, I've thought about this myself and I came to the conclusion that it would be more suitable to use the squash to backsweeten the cider. So once you've finished fermenting add the squash. It avoids you having to boil it up and so forth. The preservatives in the squash will aid will...