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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...

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...

Hi all! well, i have tried a couple of meads, well melomels, but they failed as I did not sterilise the fruit enough... I have decided to go back to first principles: honey, water, yeast will try a metheglin next. And i was going to try different strains/manufacturers of yeast ( I ahve 2 x 15...

Hi all, I am in Melbourne. Does anyone know where I can buy Fermaid-K or Superfood, as well as Goferm(?) ? DAP is easy to come by but I cannot find those other two. All the LHBS have different packs, all labelled Yeast Nutrient (which I have used for cider) but I do not know what it is. I do...

Hi all, I am in Melbourne. Does anyone know where I can buy Fermaid-K or Superfood, as well as Goferm(?) ? DAP is easy to come by but I cannot find those other two. All the LHBS have a different packs, all labelled Yeast Nutrient (which I have used for cider) but I do not know what it is. I...

Hello, well, my first mead experiemnts went badly but gave me a taste for improving the process. i would like to use a larger, plastic fermenter rather than the smaller 5L glass jugs, which I found difficult to rack/bottle from (maybe my technique could be improved...) I have access to a 15L...

Nothing special but since I had a spare 5L glass jar (from my small batch brewing experiments) I thought I would have a try at an apple and blackcurrant "cider". Recipe as follows: - 4 L apple and blackcurrant juice (Berri brand), 4.9% blackcurrant juice - 70 g glucose - 35 g lactose - 1/2...

Hello all, Thanks to assistance from a few forum members, particular mention goes to Brewer Pete and Airgead (Dave), I finally got some small batches of mead on the go. As with my first brew (a vider), it was a "suck it and see" approach. Two 4 L meads were made, basically the same except for...

Hello, I am going to try brewing mead for some Xmas presents... I am going to buy some 5L demijohns for this purpose rather than use a large fermenter. This is my plan but I may be incorrect... - ok, so I add water + honey + yeast + nutrient(?) to a 5L demijohn - after it has finished...

Hello, I have been reading some threads about making mead and it seems everyone uses small glass carboys for the fermentation rather than plastic. So, 1. is there a reason for the glass over the plastic? 2. where can I buy small 5L (?) glass carboys? 3. how do you get the liquid out at...

Hi all, ok, so I am thinking of buying a 15 L, or smaller, fermenter (or two) and doing small brews for different things, e.g. another cider, maybe a mead, or something more exotic. I am not sure, however, how much yeast to add for small brews. If 1 packet/sachet of liquid yeast is for...

hello all! I am new to brewing and have decided to start with a cider (My wife and I are not big beer drinkers). I have the Coopers kit. I was hoping for some advice. First I was thinking of using the Black Rock Cider kit and add some spices but then thought, "Heh! Why not go "almost first...