cider

Hello all, I’m currently fermenting store bought apple juice in a 20L food safe container. I am screwing the cap on just enough for bugs and bad stuff to keep out, but leaving it loose enough so the gasses can escape, and burping it once a day to be safe. My question is will this be alright ...

I tried to make cider from our Bramley apples last year, and it didn’t work - the fermentation was short and sharp, and I was left with something which although alcoholic tasted of vinegar. I’m assuming that the problem was relying on Bramley apples alone so this year I was thinking of adding...

Hi fellow members, New to the forum, but not brewing, although it has been a while. I'm a keen gardener, rugby union fan, and follower of motorsport, especially BTCC. Current target is to become self sufficient in vegetables, salad, and cider ! 🙂 New greenhouse arriving in a couple of weeks...

I’ve just set a batch of cider fermenting but noticed that the juice was getting into the airlock. I took the lock off to clean it and replaced it but after being away from the house for a while, it wasn’t until about 24 hours later that I noticed that there were no bubbles in the airlock. On...

Hi all looking forward to trying to make cider. I've been buying a few bits a 12l press a few demijohns, fermentation bucket. My parents have got 3 apples trees in there garden which they moved into 2 years this autumn. The amount of wasted apples last year got me thinking maybe I could make...

Hi folks! My first ever recipe in here and I am exicited! I've been brewing some ciders for the three or four months now - first one was made from the apple juice (from the concentrate), another with apple juice NFC, which I bought as the local supermarket, then I made another one of...

I'm relatively new to the Home Brewing world and In need of a little advice please. So I've recently tried to make 2x Mangrove Jacks cider pouches. 1X Mixed Berry and 1x Raspberry and Lime. Both have been made at different times and ended up with the same results...Sulfur smell when bottling and...

Hello all, Im planning on fermenting 900L batches of various low alcohol fruit wines in IBC's aiming for around 5-6% ABV. Once completed a bottling service is coming to bottle and label the product. I am trying to estimate a fermentation time in order to book the bottling service to come at...

Hi all Just following protocol by popping in here to say hi from Tarves, Aberdeenshire. I've been reading posts on your forum for a while so I figured it was about time I became a member. Plus you seem a friendly bunch; decent banter and only minimal diplomatic blips. I'm new to the brewing...

i am making some cider. I have the apples and a packet of champagne yeast. Now the packet says it will do for up to 23L, but I might not have enough apples for that. If I have 10L of juice, do I use half the packet or all of it. Can you have too much yeast?

I've been brewing beer for ten years, but haven't ventured into cider-making. Seeing as my parents have a pear tree in their garden, whose pears are hard and tart and which they do nothing with, I feel like I should have a go at making perry later this year. As a complete novice when it comes...

Hello all; this is my first post and my first homebrew For my first home brew I have started with the Wilko Rich Pickings Cider Kit. I started this on 10/02/2021 I followed the instructions using brewing sugar but added too warm water to get it 23l - the temperature was 35 C and gave a OG of...

Good evening all I just joined up so thought I’d say hey and possibly ask for some help from those of you wiser and more knowledgeable than myself. My wife’s parents have 5 apple trees so thought I’d brew some of my own apple cider this year. I fermented 23litres of fresh apple juice and the...

When I first planted my orchard, I wasn't thinking about cider - so unfortunately, I have no genuine cider apples - just about twenty different varieties of eaters plus a very old large Bramley tree which still produces hundreds of apples every year. I have a large surplus of apples this year...

Looking to start a mango and orange cider with 1L OJ 1L MJ 2L AJ and a time of mango purée. One quick question is that the mango juice carton states stabiliser. Will this affect the ferment? Cheers

This time the Muntons staid in the keg. The secondary fermentation must have been quite good, as the pressure is considerable. For priming: 135g Muscovado sugar, dissolved in 200ml Aldi pressed apple juice Last reading: 1.000, resulting alcohol = 7.47% Anything special? = no bubbles came up...

I did my first batch of apple scratting / pressing yesterday, but didn't get through them all. I'll be doing another batch later and am wonder if I need to clean all the equipment (fruit press, bowls & jugs for collecting juice etc) before I use it again (which seems to take as lobng as getting...

Hi I really don't know what I am doing, I saw some treads about turbo cider and thought I'll have a go. So as usuall I jumped in and started, got a Demi John and added yeast and then found I should take a hydrometer reading, but I didn't have one at that point so ploughed ahead. Actually the...

Hi all, I have just bought some citra hops and have been recommended a couple of other types of hops by beer brewers. I am wanting to try a couple of basic/cheap 23L lager and cider kits With the addition Of these hops but I don’t really know where to start. I need to know at what stage do I...

Just started a summer fruits cider. Making 5L 3L Apple Juice 1L Cranberry Juice 400g frozen summer fruit mix 80g Sugar dissolved in 100ml water 1tsp Pectolase 1tsp Nutrient 1tsp Gervin Cider Yeast OG 1.042 Will let you know how it goes!