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If your after a mead type of cider I'd go the TC with apple juice route and add honey at the start instead of using sugar or if your after a mead make up a mead recipie and add apples to the fermenting mixture :)

It should be fine at worst its had a little rousing and will settle down again with no problems :thumb:

Looks like you had a good day :thumb:

Glasses arrived safley some pics This is a early pint of Mystic Peg And one of SWMBO TC Cheers Wez :thumb:

Have a good one MD :thumb:

The drop in the readings means the sugars are turning into alcohol which is good try taking another reading in a few days and see what it is then :thumb:

Have a good one A T :thumb:

:thumb: Looking forward to trying this MD

You don't need to take readings everyday leave it for 6 days and see how its doing the more you mess with it you increase your chances of it getting infected. The sugar is up to you I use silverspoon for my priming and have had no probs. You put the fizz in lager the same way by priming...

:hmm: Pepper in beer........although I like pepper I would'nt have thought it would be nice in beer but I may be wrong good luck with this one if you decide to brew it :thumb:

I like my cider dry but SWMBO likes it medium sweet so I bottle half straight from the FV and add splenda to whats left to sweeten it up a bit this way we both get a cider we like. If I was brewing it to give away i'd try and get it medium sweet and see what reaction you get unless you know that...

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It should start bubbling within 24 hrs and take hydro readings when it has finished fermenting or when the bubbles stop. When you get a steady hydro reading over a couple of days its ready to keg or bottle. Getting a thermometer takes the guess work out of when to put the yeast in ie the wort...

:shock: That is clear what water treatment are you using?

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Have a good one :thumb:

Well done you've had better luck than me :cheers:

Here's the recipe using the Rakau hops 4Kg Pale Malt Mashed for 90 mins @ 66c 17g Rakau hops @11.5% AA full boil 90 mins 20g Rakau hops @11.5% AA last 15 mins 25g Rakau hops @11.5% AA flame out 5g Irish moss last 15 mins 1 pkt Nottingham yeast. 1050 OG 1012 FG

Thanks for the review Aleman the beer has been fridged now for just on 4 weeks at 0c and its still cloudy :wha: I used s-05 and belive it is troublesome to clear (thats my excuse anyway ;) ) It was the passion fruit flavour which I thought was the off flavour as it was overpowering but its...

Looking good G :drink: