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Well i bottled it today and after opening it the smell reminded me of strongbow which put me off straight away :lol: however i have now bottled and will wait for a few weeks before trying. One thing however, i worked out my ABV and presuming i have worked it out correct (i used the calculator...

Started mine just over a week ago and it's bubbling away merrily. Still looks rather 'milky' i take it this will clear as time goes by? :wha:

My Wilko cider kit is conditioning as we speak. Can't wait to taste the results :drink:

Just purchased myself 1 of these, will be giving it a go pretty soon :cheers:

Managed to get approx 21L Tasted pretty good even before it has conditioned, so i'm pretty confident it will be successful :thumb: Although after doing a calculation on it, it appears to only be around the 4% but for a good tasting cider i'm happy for it to be slightly less alcohlic :cheers:

Transferred it into a the pressurised keg that is provided today. As previously said the 4-6 days it claimed it would take was a bit off as today is day 8 :hmm: But it is sat in its keg quite happily and i have added the sugar it has told me to in order to make it slightly carbonated. My...

Thanks guys, is the fact it seems to have skipped moving into a second fermenting container a concern or not? I hope i will make cider differently, eventually. Well that is providing i can get the hang of it :pray:

1.030, does that sound about right?

Cheers, i have a 23L pressurised plastic keg. also many swing top bottles to transfer to. Interestingly the instructions say nothing about moving to a second fermenter rack. It just says exact quote 'syphon the cider, being careful not to disturb the sediment, into strong bottles or a...

Hi all So today i opened up my brew kit and set about my first attempt at cider. The kit i have is only a very cheap 'wilko' which i assume is related to the wilkinson store brand? this is the cider kit in question following sanitising i added the first parts, boiling water, wort (thats the...

Hi all My names Simon and i'm currently about to start my first attempt at making cider. I will no doubt be using this site lots as I make my mistakes on the road to *hopefully* Making some quite nice cider Cheers :thumb: