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so to get some good aromas i can just add some hop pellets (around 25g?) into the fermenter towards then end of the ferment to maximize aroma? Cheers.

sangeria is basically spanish punch. a cheap, nasty drink that bartenders sell at a high price to tourists (atleast in spain). Im not saying that its bad drink, i actually love it. Its soo easy to make. No need to ferment it unless of course you wanted to make you own wine for it. That would be...

im my experiance of brewing cider, it takes longer than most things to bottle condition etc. you may be asking a little to much.

Hi, im just wondering what people think is the best cider yeast to use and where you get it from? the cider i make is all juice from the supermarket, yeast nutrient, sugar, and vintners harvest SN9 wine yeast. the wine yeast ferments the cider toooo dry. im looking at making a draught cider or...

hey way i calculate it is OG-FG/7.46 + 0.5 (for bottling) = ABV thats how it says to do it in the coopers can instructions.

I was in Melbourne last week and a few of the old punks that homebrew said that they use tea for cider because of its naturally high tannin content. you can either boil up some tea and chuck it into the fermeter with the teabag, or just chuck in the teabag. i thought i might aswell give it a...

A few days ago i put on (22L) a Apple and Blackcurrent cider. My aim was to make a real strong still cider that i can drink with freinds to get maggot and dance and only usethe stuff i had because i had no money. Hopefully it turns out well. Anyway, heres my recipe. 6L of Apple juice 6L of...

what size tin does anyone recomend. i got a coopers stout can just sitting in my room and this sounds like a good brew. cheers.

Hey all. im just wondering if anyone has got a recipe for a cider really similar to Gaymers Original and Mercury Black? reason being is that i love those cider alot and just recently Mercury has stoped making Black (8.1% and taste like it has a hint or whisky in it, also you could only get it...

i'd add the raspberries in secondary, but thats just my opinion. i've only ever done it with a cider though.

im more of a cider person. most people i know brew beers and every now and then a cider. i, on the other hand brew all ciders and every now and then do a beer and the last cider i bottled tasted nicer before i carbonated it (only because it went really dry). i'll definatley start using those...

mostly curiosity, a tiny bit laziness, and i've also got a few extra fermenters that i got for free and are pretty much never used because i never have more than 4 brews on. also i thought if it does work and if more volume carbonates quicker, then it would be less time until i could drink my...

hey all, i read on this forum somewhere that larger volumes of brew carbonate quicker, and as i have alot of fermenters, i was thinking if i was able to carbonate with a 25litre plastic fermenter (instead of bottling, just rack into a clean fermenter [without a airlock], bulk prime, then wait)...

im definatley gonna try this in a few weeks. a quick question, do you reckon i could replace the honey with something like maple syrup? or something thats similar? just because a few friends cant have it and i like to invite em over, have a bbq and share the brew i make. cheers

hey im keen on doing this brew and it will be a step up from the piss easy brews i do now and i wanna ask a question in relation to what to do with the choc malt. steeped? so its like making tea? i can put the choc malt in a stocking thats been sanitized and tie it off at each end then put in...

hey can anyone offer a real strong cheap cider recipe. i want it strong and tastly. the more simplethe recipe, the better. i want stuf like what yeast to use, type of sugars, apples/ apple juice, and how much of it, extra ingrediants to add to flavour. what method to use. how long to age, and...

sorry but are you saying that the bottles themself will last 6-9 months and then you will have to get new ones or do you mean that once you've bottled brew in them, that they will last 6-9 months? im just curious because i use them. cheers

In relation to citric acid being added, and according to Brewcraft, "Its main use is that it aids a healthy ferment and also has good antiseptic properties. It will give a pleasant acid character to a wine" I like adding it to cider/my apple wine. also cheers for the help everyone.

hey all, just need some help. i put on a coopers mexican cerveza and two ciders on two days ago and they all have an eggy smell to them. whats the deal? the mexican cerveza was out of the can with some dextrose, citric acid and spray malt extract from brewcraft. i did pitch the yeast at around...

my ginger beer is very sweet and i reckon if it had more of a bitterness flavour to it, it would taste awsome. is there anyhting that can be added to it after fermentaion has started to make it more bitter? it was just a coopers can of ginger beer with some brown sugar and some syrup made form...