Youngs brew buddy cider

[jmelbourne]

Hi Guys,

Just been given some vouchers for Wilkinson's and thought i might as well buy some more home brew stuff. They only sell one cider kit and thats the Brew Buddy Original kit. Has anyone tried this? Can i put some pear juice in as a part sugar substitute to try and enhance the flavour ?

Thanks

John

 

[chrispmorg]

I have this, I'm only just starting out myself and I can say if you follow the recipe as it is, it comes out very nice indeed.

 

[Peapodmaster]

if this is the youngs brew buddy kit 40pint cider set then i am also doing this now. i'm close to letting mine be bottled (or so i think) oncemy hydrometer reading reaches 0.998 then i am able to bottle it ? but on the instructions it says that fermentation should take about 7 days (slightly more because i'm doing the 32 pint variation at 7%) that is step 5. then for step 6a you have bottling and 6b you have kegging. since i'm bottling it i'm doing 6a which says leave in the bottles for 3 days, step 7 then says to leave it for a week for it to be clear and it should be ready to drink. (although i thought this was the week that the fermentation took place or does it get very cloudy when you bottle it using a syphon type?)

 

[chef2323]

I think I have read somewhere that Wilko have the Brew Buddy with 2x kits for £17

 

[morgan21]

wilkos dont seem to have much stuff in store homebrew shops are better.

ive found with the kit that if u make it to instrution it comes out very week ie no body to the cider ive now make it to 20l not 25l.

i would rekamend the new blueberry and apple kits that are out now very nice indeed :party: :

 

[Titch]

was my first kit

came out similar to strognbow, the wife added cordial to it

but i would nto rush back and do another