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  1. J

    Back sweetening

    Well... its always better to be safe when it comes to things like this. Providing I can ascertain that its safe, it might be worth trying on a small scale. Simply because glycerol is so much cheaper in bulk than other sweeteners. Of course you raised a very good point earlier about how it...
  2. J

    2014 Brewed so far

    Did my first brew about 8 weeks ago... Wilko Cerveza (40pts) - Drinking this.. should have carbonated more. But has a realy nice taste. Wilko Sweet Newkie Brown (40pts) - Going to bottle in a day or two. Apple and Raspberry Turbocider (8pts) - Conditioning in the bottle. Came out at about...
  3. J

    Back sweetening

    Are you sure? "Glycerol has very low toxicity when ingested; its LD50 oral dose for rats is 12600 mg/kg and 8700 mg/kg for mice" (LD50 means the amount in the blood that causes death in 50% of cases, by comparison ethanol has an LD50 of 7,060 mg/kg and vitamin C 11,900 mg/kg) It is food grade...
  4. J

    Back sweetening

    I have just finished a batch of Turbo Cider... and it was pretty dry so I back sweetened with splenda. I probably didn't add enough, but never mind. however, it got me thinking. What else could I use to back sweeten different drinks. For many reasons I prefer to bottle prime so...
  5. J

    Wilko's Own Brand Cerveza.

    Brewed this as my first ever brew... Bottled it yesterday. Not sure how its going to turn out. I followed the instructions on the packet pretty closely. So brewed to 23l. Added 1kg of brewing sugar nothing else. OG was 1.036 and FG is 1.006 so pretty much spot on 4%. Slightly weak but not a...
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