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Just an update - I tried it again today and it definitely tastes a lot better. It's been in there for a week so far, I'm much happier now :) Is there a rough agreed upon time for how long it should take to peak? Or at least be considered pretty good? I'd like to experiment with another cider...

Thanks guys - I'll leave it to sit. I used the pear juice in there because of what I had read surrounding sweetness. I didn't dilute the juice at all, I'm reasonably happy with the level of flavour in there so that's fine. I'll do another batch next week with a different yeast and all apple...

Hi, I have kegged my first cider and I'm not too happy with the results. I suppose my first question would be - is it normal to have the yeasty sort of aftertaste? I was hoping for something similar to commercial ciders with a clean crisp taste at the end. If it is possible to get this, how...

Thanks for that, I'll keep that in mind - will order some time next week

great, thanks very much

Hi, I'm finally going to splurge on a kegerator setup, probably this one: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/BEER-FRIDGE-REFRIGERATOR-KEGERATOR-DISPENSER-COOLER-/350393997487?pt=AU_Barware&hash=item51951c18af This will be my first foray into kegs - can anyone either a) tell me what other equipment I need...

Thanks for your feedback and comments everyone, we definitely are going to go ahead with this project. Please keep in mind that this project will take a few months to finish as we both have many other commitments but I will keep you all updated. I'll just give you a little more info for now...

Hey guys, A friend and I have set ourselves on the course of creating a fermenter with some 'premium' features. Our solution would communicate with a computer, reporting various facts and figures and giving us the ability to monitor a brew and have it communicated in nice graphs etc. (Because...

Thanks for the help guys, will be making yet another trip to ye olde homebrew store this weekend :)

Thanks for the help guys. I'm currently making fruit wine (very small batch to start) and will be starting another three this weekend. I'm just going to ask a quick question though: Do you know whether secondary fermentation in a food grade plastic fermenter (most likely the 25L things from...

Hi Guys, Just registered today and was wondering if there is a substantial number of home wine makers here or if it is pretty much all beer related? I've only recently begun homebrew and am looking for general chit chat regarding wine stuff (and a few pointers!)