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Thanks for the really really helpful, comprehensive post! :thumb: So many things to hold me back... For a start somewhere coolish - my place is small and the best spot would be under the stairs (which is subject to the heating around the place). I could haul things outside after the frosts...

Thanks Grey - yep I came across mlf and old rosie while nosing around here. This all needs some pondering. I like doing the artisan thing but supermarket juice seems a sad cheat. I appreciate there's also concentrate, and powdered tannin instead of tea. Recovering yeast from Old Rosie feels like...

Maybe if I made more at a time it'd have time to sit and mature... :oops: But my tastebuds are pretty good and it's pretty obvious all the sugar's getting chewed up and pumped back out as alcohol and gas... I'm finding it hard to believe that the huge variety of flavours in 'proper' cider just...

Thanks Wendy. Looks like I double posted while you were checking my original was up to scratch. Could you delete the pointless one?

Hi there! Those lovely glass flagons that store Weston's Cloudy cider have inspired me to start brewing my own. Atm I'm using pressed juice in a 5l plastic tank, lalvin EC-1118 champagne yeast, 250g or so granulated sugar and about 200ml STRONG tea (for tannin), then back-sweetening by about...