various questions brewing to equipment

[ddeighton_1]

ok where do i start

i've read adding fruit juices or ribina to cider can be done on second fermentation / syphon into a secondary bucket after fermentation
if i say add 1 to 2 litres of juice to a cider do i put 1 or 2 litres less water in or add this onto of the 18 litres (32 pints)

can you get a tap for a barrel which you can can alter the nozzle for a different head like they do in pubs like for making shandy they loosen the nozzle if so do they have a special name for the tap as i like a head on my beer but some people don't like as much or even any

waiting for yeast, nutrients, pectalose and probate sulphate to turn up to get brewing wine

conditioning 2 weeks to go :- Geordie yorkshire bitter = 40 pints
needs bottling :- Coopers stout with added dark treacle = 35 pints
fermenting :- walk's Black cherry wine = 6 bottles
going to brew :- brew buddy cider with some kind of flavour = 32 pints
:- red grape, strawberry & kiwi wine = 6 bottles
:- grape and apple wine = 6 bottles
:- honey mead = 6 bottles
done and drunk :- bitter = 25 pints brew in a bag ready in 14 days
:- wine buddy Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Kit = 6 bottles ready
in 7 days

and i only started 8 weeks ago

 

[Southerton]

Hi

Reference to the cider it really wouldn't make much odds to add without withdrawing any from the primary. When you say water though what's your recipe? A good and cheap cider would be to ferment say 20 litres of Apple juice and once fermented rack to a second and add your juice before kegging/bottling.

This will take care of the sugar needed to carb it so depending how you like your cider sweetener would also need to be added at this stage.

 

[cornyandy]

The nozzle is a sparkler, I used to experiment with them when I was in my late teens early twenties, I could get a nice creamy head on my beer with them but it did waste pressure forcing the ale through a smaller opening, all it meant really is that I gassed up my barrels more often but now I live a bit out in the sticks I don't bother. There is a sparkler tap for the top tap King Keg available but I have never used one

 

[Racinsnake]

Hi
I bought a sparkler tap from hom#brew online, via eBay (free postage)
Getting the nozzle position right had me ready to put it under the front wheel of the car!! But I persevered and wouldn't be without it now :

 

[ddeighton_1]

Ok the tap sounds like more trouble as its worth
So I think I'll leave it until I've tried it