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If you use just 1kg you'll end up with a weaker but almost certainly drinkable cider. Using granulated/caster sugar works just fine. Apparently it tastes a bit different but I'm not sure, I've only used brewing sugar once and I've yet to taste the outcome.

No idea about the sludge, but I'd take a sample of the cider and dump a small mountain of pectolase in it to see what happens.

I don't recall seeing them at my local Tesco Express(It's quite small, even for the Express ones), but definitely at the larger supermarkets near me. Also recently the corner shop across the road. I've not yet managed to figure out how much they cost as almost nothing is priced in that shop, but...

I'm hardly an expert here, but here's my $0.02: You can make cider with that equipment, but I wouldn't expect great results. I started off making cider in plastic bottles with makeshift airlocks and I made some perfectly drinkable cider, but it's not as good as when it's done 'properly' If...

OK. I should have enough left in the tub to add a couple of teaspoons. I tried some tonight and it wasn't great. Pretty sharp and very yeasty. I think it needs to be left for more time to mature, and then campden tablets or finings later on to get rid of the yeasty flavour. It was very hazy too...

I see. I have a tub of pectolase already. Is it too late to add it now, given that I've had this batch on the go for quite a while already?

I put a couple of 1g batches on last weekend. One was a strawberry ribena wine and the other some strange apple/pear/pomegranate wine/cider thing. Despite being made at the same time there's some strange differences in the foam on the top. The apple/pear one went down after a couple of days like...

I can live with that then. Going out to sainsburys and my local brewing shop later to get some supplies. :D

Interesting. I'm probably going to be purchasing a couple of 1G bottles to experiment with this weekend so I can potentially be attempting this tomorrow...I think I ought to be able to get pomegranate juice from the supermarket and we've always got tea bags in. Won't they make the colour very...

Cheers. I'm starting to feel human again, only getting coughing fits once or twice a day. Ah yes, I have missed drinking although having a week off is probably good for the old liver. I managed to acquire a decent bottle of vodka on the cheap while I was coming back from Geneva this summer...

Thank you all for the kind words :D I'll be heading over to the cider forum soon-ish to discuss my current batch!

Just thought I'd briefly introduce myself :hat: I've been attempting to brew cider* for nearly a year now, though only started taking it more seriously in the last month or so...and I thought it would be good to have somewhere to ask a few questions from time to time. I'm currently based in...