New here - saying hi! Love to brew cider...

[F-A-D]

Well, I've brewed a few batches of cider and dandelion wine in the past, steadily ramping up production.

At the moment I have 12 litres of toffee apple

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and 12 litres of honey and ginger in to brew (they will be split 50/50 into still and sparkling when I bottle them).

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SG of the toffee apple was 1.080
SG of the honey ginger was 1.110

So, as long as they brew through ok, they will be fairly strong. Looking forward to tasting! A lively fermentation from both of them at present.

My last batch, i had a mishap (though pleased about it) - ended up with cider vinegar and a mother in each of the 12 bottles I did (that was a apple, blackberry, raspberry and cranberry mix). Not sure I can get through that much vinegar, but at least I have a mother to make more vinegar now! :thumb:

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If these batches are successful with the recipe, I think I will crank out a 50 litre run of each. It does annoy me that swing top bottles cost more than my cider does though! :lol:

 

[Razor]

Welcome to the forum. :thumb:


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[F-A-D]

Just taken gravity readings for the toffee apple since it seems to have just about stopped fermenting.

0.98 - that gives me around the 13% mark. Way stronger than I'd like but hey ho! Gonna leave it in the primary for a bit and let it clear down before I do anything else.