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ok- good advice on the weight of dextrose. might just stick with the drops for now. thanks, all.

well, i have a lot of dextrose at home so perhaps I will try all three: one drop, two drops and some dextrose. 1.5 scoops would be about 5 or 6 grams, i guess.

yes, my brief taste from the fermenter suggests that it is a bit sweet. the ratio of apple to pear may be about the same as when i used apple + apple/pear juice combo, but the sweetness suggests not.r. not keen on sweet cider but brewing for me is all an experiment at the end of the day.

ok, sounds like I should not be worried about damage and either 1 or 2 x drops is the way to go. i will try both. thanks for the tip on the bottling tube, too. thanks for the replies, everyone. not going to be the best cider this time- made a mistake with ingredients (used some cloudy pear...

i was concerned if i filled too high I might have an explosion. i guess they are pretty sturdy, though.

so, 1.5 drops :D well, i will try some with 1 x drop and some with 2 x drops, and store in the garage. :) thanks for the replies.

hey, thanks for the quick reply. they are 500 mL amber bottles.

Hello, I have just finished a cider and now need to bottle it. Usually, I use the plastic bottles but have decided to try the flip-top glass bottles. With plastic bottles and cider: i use 2 x carbonation drops and fill to about 80% to 90% of the bottle With the flip-top glass bottles: - I...

Thanks, Wolfy. It looks like I might need to purchase that book. I took another SG reading and it had dropped from 1.075 to 1.060 in a few days so fermentation does not seem to be slowing down. no doubt, patience will brign its rewards...

thanks, wolfy. i realise I have to wait. after reading a thread about storing in the primary fermentation vessel for two weeks and then two weeks in the secondary, then bottling, I thought it should be like that for me. as it is, SG is coming down slowly and so am happy to leave it for another...

i like that quote. thanks for the subsequent replies, people. it seems like there still may be hope, then. i will keep checking the SG over the next few days and rack in a week or two. "patience, grasshopper" should be my "watchword". thanks!

thanks, everyone, for the replies. and to answer your questions- hope you don't mind the point form: 1. recipe: 3 kg honey 7 L water pack EC-1118 yeast 2. temperature reached: would have been about 35 degreec Celcius or more. our house is hot and the next monring the thermometer (stick on...

Hi all, Brewing a mead with EC-1118. It has been going for 1 week or so and has never fermented vigorously, with bubbling at a steady rate of between one bubble per 10-20 seconds. However, bubbling is really slowing down now. I had hoped to put it into a secondary after two weeks, and let sit...

DV10 over K1 but fine with either.

I am with CM2 and Airgead on the D47. and $8 is not worth worrying about. But, still would not mind the DV10 or K1. I am happy to go with the group (or Wolfy's) consensus...

1. Wolfy: ICV D47: 50 or 100g 71B-112: 50 or 100g DV10: 50g and/or ICV K1: 50g 2. barls ICV D47: 50g (Bintani) Yeast Nutrient 100g DAP 100g 3. Stuster: 71B-112: 100g ICV D47: 100g (Bintani) Yeast Nutrient 100g DAP 100g 4. redb 71B-112: 150g ICV K1: 150g Yeast Nutrient 100g DAP 100g Vacuum...

thanks, will check it out. good resource!

. sounds fair enough. plus, the simple nature of this second attempt lends itself to simple techniques... yes, D47 is hard to get and still waiting to see fi your Bulk Buy goes ahead. hopefully more people come on board. Funnily enough, I have some US-05 in the fridge when I was goign to do...

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that's not a bad idea. D47 seems popular for four out of six of us and I can up my quantity to 100g. The small retail packs of 5g yeast cost about the same as the 50g so happy to have a bit more. I am sure to use it more than twice... The K1 is less popular so I can change to a bigger quantity...