perry

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...

Having upscaled to 800L this year, after some reading I’m nervous that I didn’t add any SO2 at the start of fermentation (I’m using natural yeasts only). Am I OK to add it mid-fermentation, or am I best to wait until after it’s first rack? Grateful for any advice!

Hello, I am fairly new to homebrewing and have mainly stuck to making wines. However due to a recent high yield of pears from the garden, I decided to use a friends pear presser and I now have some pear juice which I am keen to make good use of. It seems like perry is fairly difficult what with...

Hello all from the Other Side Of The Pond! Made my first two batches of cider last winter, first from a cider kit I was given for Xmas, the second because I remembered I had a five gallon beer kit I had nearly abandoned. Both came out OK, the gallon batch was from un-preserved bottled juice, the...