Well fruits and grain of all sort are available fermenter are easy to DIY.
No hydrometer but a refractometer will do . The main issue remains the yeast. And ofcourse no hops. For the east I can only find bread yeast fresh or dry.
That's why cider is a beverage of choice since I don't need to...
Am experimenting now with a small batch without yeast. Just apples.
And allready I can see digfernace in color and taste.
I started it at 19 Brix. And now it's at 5.5 according to the calculator that's below 1 Sg. So I guess it's time to bottle .
Where I live I can't get my hands on beer or wine...
I use an online calculator to convert brix to Sg. And are right am stuck at 5 right now..
Am aiming for sparkling cider. An worried if I bottle it ad it is the yeast won't eat the sugar.
I mean it looks safe to bottle as thr SG hasn't moved in over a week.
Hi
I started with 5L of juice added about 400gm of sugar to that. My desired alcohol level was 10%
I use regular dry yeast from the store since its the only one I could get my hands on.
Also couldn't get a hydrometer over here so am using a fractomiter instead.
So if you say its a matter of...
Saudi is a changed country these days. No one really cares what u are doing as long as u are not shouving it in their face. Plus am doing this strictly for myself. So yeh its pretty much fine.
I appreciate your concern ....
Ps u will be shocked by the amounts of home made moonshine on sale here 😅🤣
Hi every one am nick. I live in Saudi and attempting to make my own cider for the first time.
I made a post under non beer brewing and I could appreciate any help as I seem to have hit a brick wall.... newbe and all😅😅
Hello everyone.
So am new to the whole brewing thing. And I live in a place where i don't have access to much equipment or engridients.
To cut a long story short.
I started my fist ever batch of apple cider. Fresh squeezed apple juice and a bit of sugar.
I started with 1.085 sg so now a month...