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Im pretty sure its muntons who supply wilko. Ive tried their cerveza and pilsner which are quite good but ive been told the 2 can kits, especially the golden ale are very good. Ive picked myself up a couple in the sale so looking forward to starting them

Hi I would suggest to keep with the supplied yeast, pop it in a water bath wrapped in a damp towel. That will keep your temp approx 2 degrees lower and should be fine. Keep replacing the water with cold and submurging the towel to keep it cool. Thats been my trick for the last year and has...

iceo Just had a quick look on the link, looks and sounds great, will def be giving this one a go Cheers mate

Thanks for that! I know i may sound like a big girl here but wont the syrup add a lot more calories to the cider than using fresh fruit or fruit juices? The only reason I mention this is because SWMBO is licking her lips at the though of all these ciders im planning but I know the question...

Where do you guys buy it from and at what price?

How much would you have to add for a 5 gallon brew? :cheers:

The blueberry juice maybe the better option on this batch. Not to sure if my local Tesco will stock it though as its just an extra! Think I will try a mixed berry for my next TC. Freeze fruit, thaw, boil, blend and add after fermentation. :cheers:

Jonny That's a hell of a lot of fruit! I may nip down to the fruiters and turn this into a mixed fruit cider. Fermenting is slowing right down now and probably not far off FG so if I add further fruit do you think I will need to add more pectolase and yeast nutrient to help kick start this...

Thanks for the replys narmour Its not an over powering blueberry flavour that im after but I thought there would still be a hint of it there. I wasn't really sure at all if 250g was going to be enough so does anyone have a general rule of thumb as to how much fresh fruit to add and when? Gray...

Morning I recently done a turbo cider adding 250g of blueberrys to 22 litres of apple juice plus pectolase, tannin etc... I boiled the blueberrys in 1 litre of apple juice blended these right down and added straight to FV before adding yeast. Im thinking now would it have been better to add...

I guess i may have been a bit hasty in pitching the original yeast then, just after 4 days and no drop from the OG i thought the yeast may have been killed off! Would i have been better adding a nutrient rather than the yeast?

Morning I know this question has come up in discussion many times but i just wanted to know if im doing the right thing. I started a brew on Sunday morning it was a wilko pilsner, 500g light spray malt and 450g dextose. I swapped the packet of yeast for a youngs lager yeast. This was pitched...

I have had the same problem recently but as the lads say, bring the bottles in doors for a couple of hours and everything will be fine

After leaving a bottle at room temp for a few hours last night I had improved carbonation and perfect head retention and it was crystal clear! So overall im a lot happier but a good 3 weeks in the warm is the way im going on my next brews. Ah the wonders of brewing :wha:

Well ive brought a bottle of my better brew pils down from the loft which i will open later on when im having some scran and report back. If this hasnt improved then i may put these back in the warm for a further week then try again. cwrw Good call on the plastic tester bottles, i think i...

I have just been using the yeast supplied with the kits. Wilko cerveza, muntons gold ale and better brew pilsner. I too have had trouble with chill haze and for my next batch im gona get some poly clar which is supposed to eradicate the haze!

Hi Once bottled I keep these in the airing cupboard for 2 weeks then up in the loft for at least 3 weeks. I will give that a go tonight and leave a bottle at room temp for a bit and see what difference this makes. Getting a sodastream also crossed my mind incase of this very thing, ive...

Hi Due to the very low temperatures at the moment I have been cold conditioning my brews in a 2nd FV after fermentation has finished for 1-2 weeks at about 10 degrees. I usually use finings and have had good results of carbonation and clarity doing this. After having a very fizzy pilsner a...

Cheers for that oldbloke Think i may keep it simple for my first and ditch the malic acid, add a couple of ltrs of cranberry and il have a little skip through the forum for back sweetning with splenda. Thanks for taking the time to reply :cheers:

oldbloke Is that half to 1 tsp of splenda per bottle? And sorry for being a bit dumb but what is MLF? :cheers: