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Hi guys . I've made loads of wines from juices and just made my first from fruit! It was meant to be blackberry, but realised I didn't have enough so put some frozen mixed fruit in to bulk it up. I need to take the bag out tomorrow and was wondering if making jam from it was easy enough. As...

Thanks for your help I will have a look at your links when I get a few minutes. Luckily I do have a engineering workshop where I work. But think I need to look into the corny system and the pricing ect may be best to go straight into that rather than waisting money on barrels.

Hi everyone I was wondering the benefits of pressure barrels. I have been batch priming my cider a larger and looking at pressure barrels, would I need to prime still or is it the c02 canisters that give it the pressure. I've tried to Google this but it's just trying to make me buy the things...

Also probably a few stupid question But when adding the sugar would you say if your adding 600g of sugar would you dissolve it in a litre of water or 600ml? If I'm only filling up the demiJohn part of the way until vigorous fermenting has slowed then add another litre of juice. Would you add...

Thank you I will get myself down to tescos tomorrow, get a few juices and see what I can come up with.

Thanks I didn't think it would be any good but thought I would ask before a trip to the shops

I seen people saying there using welches white grape juice. But this is isn't 100,% grape juice so didn't know if anyone had used this. Only other one I can find is the one @jimbo1982 found but that has sulphates in.

Hi guys is this the grape juice everyone is using?

Thank you for your help I will give that try

I did think that about watering it down but went with it anyway. It does taste watery so thought I would add less next time maybe do 23 of apple juice or just do the hole 25? Is that a mugful with one tea bag or all the teabags but in one mug rather than a litre. thanks I will look into...

Recipe for 25L cider.docx So this is the one I have used, I believe its someone on here that made this as I got it off this site. If anyone wants to look though and let me know what should be done differently that would be great. Thanks guys

Oh really in the recipe it said when it's at 1.000 and stays there it's finished. Luckily as it's my first batch and haven't got bottles yet I've put them in 2ltr plastics so I can keep an eye on them for now to see how hard they get. I think next time I will maybe put 150g of sugar to be in the...

It was just what the recipe that I followed said to do, as its my first batch I didn't want to experiment with it until I have tried it first. How much would you recommend for a 25ltr batch? As I can write it down and try next time.

The maltodextrin that you use is that a special brewing one or any as there are loads of different types online?

Update. Bottled cider when it was at 1.000 After batch priming by adding 325g of sugar in the second fermenting bucket. The smell had completely gone looks like the yeas nutrition done the job. Tried a pint on the day of bottling it was nice but short of apple taste, tried one last night 24...

So I can add any cider yeast then add that sweetener rather than looking for one with a sweetener in? Yer just thought save time do them all together and obviously in batches as they won't all fit in at once. all bottles are clean and ready to go will wash them again before sterilising when...

Atleast it seems a common thing. I didn't tell my partner it was the cider until the smell had gone or she would have told me to put it in the shed or something, said it was because I didn't have yeast nutrients in there so hopefully if I put them in next time I won't have the smells. How was...

Thanks I will look into them I just looked for a cider yeast with sweetener as I heard that stops the cider from being to dry. I like thatchers and rattler cider so thought I would try that for now. I have one packet of the yeast I have used left will give that another go then try one of the...

Yer I was definitely kicking myself and thinking where did I go wrong fingers crossed its going to be OK. I don't know what cider yeast I got because the seller sent something completely different so the only way to know would be on my next batch. But thanks I will look into cider yeasts a...