Recent content by Luchadore Brewer

While trying to chase the holy grail of a sweet and carbonated cider I remembered a post somewhere on here from a user asking if using a yeast with a low alcohol tolerance and adding extra sugar would result in a sweet cider (carbonation can be solved later). The general consensus was that it...

I've posted this in a few other forums since I've joined here and have been getting good advice. Interested to know your thoughts on my attempt, and where I can improve to make an otherwise "Meh" cider sweeter a great cider. I think I lost the flavours somewhere in fermentation. In a 5L glass...

The Aussie Army was experiencing huge (Darryl Eastlake type Huge) budget cuts due to "The recession Australia had to have" (and apparently never ended)… Anyway, a government representative and a General are inspecting the field medical facilities in the Middle East with a renowned military...

A bloke walks into a bar and sees his mate sipping his beer through a straw. He had a split lip, a black eye, arm in a sling, and crutches under each arm, but the biggest eye catcher was the shiny red lump on his forehead that would put a cricket ball to shame. Bloke slides a beer to his mate...

Rather than rewrite the whole post here's a link to the original. https://aussiehomebrewer.com/threads/have-i-killed-my-cider.100228/ This forum seemed like a better place for my post.

3 weeks?! I'm impressed. Yeah. I'll need to look into an additive to stop the yeast. Options 2 &3 seem to be the way to go from you've suggested. I got the majority of my advice from Youtuber Bearded & Bored's video here He back sweetened with a can of concentrated apple juice (haven't been...

Sorry about the long post, trying to be specific. I'm still new at this and making 5 litre batches at a time. The aim was to brew a carbinated sweet cider, but the results kept going dry, or just didn't taste right which wasn't what I wanted. First attempt was just apple juice, which fermented...