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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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

hey im just wondering on figuring out how much alcohol is in my homebrew? i tried to make it with more alcohol in it so i added more sugar to it half way through fermentation. i know how to calculate the abv with a hydrometer using the OG and FG but i have a question. if lets say i have a OG...

hey i put on a 23lt coopers dark ale can 7 days ago and i wanted it to be a bit stronger than normal. i read on a forum somewhere that towards the end of fermentation you slowly add more sugar for the yeast to eat and produce more alcohol. so i added 500g of destrose to it and i throft up heaps...

Hey im fairly new to homebrewing and i thought up this recipe for some pretty strong cider. anyone got any tips? this recipe is to make 23 litres of cider 8 litres of apple juice 4kg of sugar yeast nutrient citric acid wine yeast im going for a semi-sweet cider so does anyone have any...