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Thank you for the bottles. Much appreciated :-)

Just reminded me of a quote from dodgeball... "Necessary? Is is necessary for me to drink my own urine? No, but it's sterile and I like the taste!"

Hey mate, If they aren't already gone then I would be able to swing past over the weekend and pick them up. I live near Mt Gravatt. I will show up. Even found a top bloke on here that offered me a free capper :-) PM sent. Just let me know.

Hey guys, I just put down a batch of cider using juice and thought I might share my results as they come along. I'm by no means an experienced brewer so I certainly won't be great for giving advice but I thought other might wnat to know how it turns out. So after some research I chose Wyeast...

I went yesterday and I don't think I'll go to any other HB shops now.

Well in that case I'll take my chances :-) Let me know which side of Bris and when suits and I can shoot past. Thanks again!

I heard that screw tops can be less reliable... Considering I haven't even tasted my first batch I think I might be a bit green and bottle bombs might redecorate my house. The tallies sound great. What side of Brissie are you? I can PM you my number and just let me know when suits you :-) Oh...

Hi Guys, Not sure if this is the right forum but I was at Craft Brewer today and I asked about bottles. The guys there mentioned that there are a heap of people that switch to kegs and throw out their bottles. I was hoping there might be some people happy to donate rater than throwing their...

Has anyone tried to use a pear essence? My plan is approx 19L of Cloudy apple Juice, 4L of Pear juice cans, S-04 yeast. I'm going to bottle so I was planning to use Pear juice to bulk prime and just work it out to use approx 180g of sugar (I'll just work out sugar content off the cans). I know...

I'm going to put down a batch of apple/pear this weekend. I think it will be very similar to yours... s-04 and store bought juice. Im probably going to add lactose for some sweetness.

Excuse the ignorance but what's the problem with potassium?

I read that stevia can leave a bad aftertaste. Anyone had any experiences with this? I'm happy to use lactose to sweeten but would prefer to not have the extra sugar. Otherwise I've read to use alcohol sugars (same crap they use in most sugar free lollies). Anyone know a good place to get...

Ive seen people mention apple & pear juice from Aldi. I might look into that and throw in a few cans of the "stool softener" pear juice. I wouldnt mind spending the money on the nudie but it might just turn out as an expensive experiment :-)

I'm thinking about making a pear cider from store bought juice too. I've been looking around but I can only seem to find the Goulburn Valley pear juice cans for around $2.80 per 850ml. Did you happen to find any other sources in your search? I'm also curious about the % of pear sugar that won't...