Hi all. thanks for the replies.
As I said the symptoms mainly are the massive amount of sediment. I think its called "Lee" is that right?
Looking from the outside of the keg in it looks quite cloudy. I know my good batches never looked like this.
I think the yeast might be the problem as its...
Hi all.
For the 3rd time now my cider is going bad at the first fermentation stage.
I wash the plastic keg with a capfull of bleach and plenty of hot water.
I use fresh apples.
I use the correct proportion of wine yeast as sold and recomended by brewcraft here in Melbourne.
The cider develops a...
Hi guys.
I use a breville apple juicer to make my juice from fresh apples and I get lots of froth that doesn't seem to settle in the keg and then gets thrown out. Also I get lots of sediment left after the first fermentation. Its much more than the level of the tap on the keg. I think with both...
Well. I dont have an oppurtunity to get to a place that selld sanitiser. My Cider is ready to bottle. What about a cap full of white king in a sink of hot water followed by a hot water rinse?
Hi guys. When bottling Cider in new bottles do I need to steralize the bottles at all? The bottles have not been used before. I got them from a DIY brewer shop.
Also I have been advised to add 140 gm of sugar per 20 Lt for carbonation. Is that right?
So its been steady at 1000 on the hydrometer for a few daus now.
Does that mean that the cider is 0% alcohol?
And should I leave it for another feww weeks in the fermentation stage
well I just checked the hydrometer after 4 days of fermenting. It is sitting at 1000 now. Does that mean that the cider is ready for racking already?
And what alchohol% is it now?
Hi guys.
I have the apple juice sitting in vats with the yeast and yeast nutrient.
How long should I leave it now before racking it?
Some one told me 4 weeks.
Is this right?