Good evening

[MR2Jay]

Well, here I am so I think I should say hello

I have JUST started home brewing and have got the bug - trouble is, I have no idea what will work or even how to get it to work so I'll be picking your brains for recipes, ideas and technical know how....

Here is my first EVER batch of straight apple cider bubbling away nicely :

I have 3 more Demijohns with airlocks here with enough yeast to get all 4 going along. I want to do a 50/50 pear and apple cider (I have a fruit juicer here....)

Give me some ideas guys, would like some refreshing combinations and how to get them going :thumb:

 

[BrotherMalice]

Good Evening & welcome to the forum :)

Cider is looking good there :)

 

[MR2Jay]

Thanks :thumb:

Bubbling far more ferociously than I thought it would - smells great in there though

 

[Mark1964]

Welcome to the forum :thumb:

 

[pittsy]

hi and welcome there are many cider brewers here that can/will help out , looking tasty there :

 

[MR2Jay]

Thanks Guys :thumb:

Just been searching through the recipes bit and found the Toffee Apple one - liking the sound of that one

May have found one for one of my spare DJ's :party:

 

[artyb]

welcome aboard mr2

im in northampton too....nn5


i thinking its about time we had a northants brewing club.... :hmm:

 

[MR2Jay]

Thanks mate - sounds like a plan :

Thinking about what to do with this spare DJ - need to do something - be good to have all 4 on the go with different stuff in them :thumb:

 

[pittsy]

how about ginger ale? very strong stuff , you could either just use root ginger with some sugar or go for more adventure with dried malt extract spices etc

here are some recipes for 5 gallon just divide it by 5 for a demi , ive copied this from other posts



Fiery Ginger Beer 5 gallons also another recipe at bottom of page
2tsp dried ginger
1kg Fresh grated ginger
1tsp Cream of tartar
2 lemons
2 limes
2.5kg Sugar
2tsp Yeast nutrient
1 sachet champagne yeast Use S-04 yeast. That's the only one that worked for me

Really quick and easy (and cheap) to do - ginger was donated so very cheap

First i grated the ginger into a large pan

Then added the sliced and squeezed lemons and limes, cream of tartar - topped up with boiling water and simmered for 30mins (lovely smell )

Next i dissolved all the sugar in the ginger liquor and then put everything into the FV and topped up with cold water

The temp adjusted OG was 1045

Dry pitched the yeast......done

Dependant on what it ferments out to it should be between 6 and 8% ferment at 18C should see you right! But 16 to 20 ok too


Finally got my take on this on the go this morning.

Recipe was:

1.2 kg Root Ginger Grated
2 Lemons sliced and squeezed
2 Limes sliced and squeezed
4 tsp Ground Ginger
3/4 tsp Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Allspice
2 Cloves
1 tsp Cream of Tartar
1 kg Runny Honey
1 kg Extra Light DME
1 kg Light DME

Everything down to Cream of Tartar boiled together for 30 mins, then the 3 kg of fermentible stuff disolved into the liquor.

Topped up to 5 gallons with cold water and chucked out in the cold to get it down to pitching temperature.

Pitched Youngs Champagne Yeast dry.

The wort tastes absolutely stunning - I think I'm going to get pretty close to the flavour I was aiming at - somewhere between Crabbies and Compass Brewery's Symposium.

Temp adjusted OG: 1.048. If it goes to mega-dry I'll get close to 7%. Result!

 

[MR2Jay]

That sounds fantastic :thumb:

I think I might try a Ginger Ale in number 4 - something other than cider plus me and the Missus both like a good, chilled Crabbies :

Quick newbie question - what's DME?

 

[artyb]

the ginger beer is a winner i did 5 galls..... :party:

dme = dried malt extract.....

 

[MR2Jay]

Ahhhh - learning already :grin:

Going to do the basic one I think - walk before I can run and all that

Going to be a busy weekend :party: