Recent content by imabeerpig

Hi everyone, need some advice please. I have a double brew off 45 ltrs that has been in the vermenter for 7 days and I did not add my hops after a couple of days as usual, can I still add some hops to this brew or is it to late to be effective. Brew is a Carlton Mid strength clone and am adding...

Thanks for the reply, this was my 25th brew using kits and some extras and have never had this happen before. Caught me by surprise. Like the idea of adding the sugar first. Now a day later and the bottles look ok. The beer when kegged, had no signs of any foaming and went in like any other, it...

Hi everyone, I get around 4 bottles from each brew and keg the rest. Never had this problem before. When I added some sugar to the 4 bottles they instantly gushed up like shaken coke ?? Brew was 23 days old and was a pretty straight Morgan's Australian Bitter. Can of Morgan's, 500gm Light malt...

Many thanks for the replys. I have taken Dave's advice and have gone over to Non beer brewing section. I did place a message on a line there called Advice sought.

Many thanks

Hi all, And thanks Dave for your advice, Hope to get some more from you and all the others on here, Reading through this I see that sweetening cider is difficult. Can I try this, with the recipe I posted yesterday in the General forum. Make it as I plan in the first fermenter. After racking into...

Hi, thanks for the replys. I have made a mix very close to this 6 months ago and apart from being a little dry for my taste it was not too bad. The amounts of Maple and or Honey is just a guess, people with your knowledge are who, I was hoping would reply. Some advice to help sweeten without...

Hi to all and thanks for this oppertunity to post. After scratching around in here for a while I have put this Cider recipe together and would like some advice on it before I spend my hard earned. Into first fermenter.. 20 litres apple juice 3 litres pear juice 50 gms Maple syrup US-05 Mead...