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Cheers Tanga, Well it's official now, on the heatpad, any longer than 4 days and they ferment dry. My second batch I think I took them off the heatpad and put them in the fridge after just 3 days and nights...they all came out nice with some fizz. This time, I had 4 bottles on the heatpad, and...

I think I may have left my bottles on the heat pad a bit too long and they have fermented dry...the reason I reckon this is because I've had the lids on and in the fridge for over at least a couple of days now but there doesn't seem to be any carbonation, nor are the bottle getting hard. I was...

Thx Tanga.. were you the one who said you were going to try apple and mango? did you and how was it?

Cloudy apple is so nice..thanks for putting me on to that. As for how much I can drink in a week, well, ummm, yeah, ummm, hmmmm, can't answer that really :P I am finding, I can get a cloudy on the brewmat, leave for 4 days, put in fridge and later that day or next day, is ready to drink...and...

an update and a question. I did what was suggested, before the yeast had completely finished, I stuck a couple of bottles in the fridge (a week at room temp - then placed the lid on and straight in the fridge) and about 1 1/2 weeks later cracked one open and it was bloody beautiful...my missus...

Sure is..and yes it's well tasty!!! :-) I've learnt a lot about the sugars etc. I can see now what has happened between the straight apple juices and the A&B, as I have put the lid on the Apple Blackcurrent and already it's blowing out like Michelin Man. I find it just fascinating the dynamics...

ok, taste tests and update so far. The two apple juices (3 litre bottles) don't really have much flavour, they taste like a poorly made cordial. The cloudy however, I quite like this one. The apple and black current has yet to go in fridge, will do so when I can make room (that is polish off...

I have PET bottles, will they do the trick?

Well, I have finally put two in the fridge. I did the readings today again (since yesterday) because it looked like they had stopped bubbling, and the two that were at 1006 yesterday are now at 1000-1002, so I put on the lids and stuck em in the fridge... so, what to expect now? If I have this...

So, the thing for me now is to wait 3 days and if the level is the same (1006) then lid it and put in fridge...is this correct? But if it has dropped more, to say 1002 or 1000, then leave for another 3 days and test again...I'm reading that this idea is for it to stay at the same level for 3...

Not sure, what's a sulphur flavour, is that like the dreaded home brew taste that you never taste in commercial alcohol?

Ok, so I decided to get down and dirty... I went to Coles and bought the same batches of Juice again (but they were out of the Cloudy; bugger!) I took some out of each and did a hydrometer test on all of them for the OG Coles Home Brand Apple Juice 1042 Coles Home Brand Apple & BlackCurrent...

I just tried out the fridge door with a themometer and it's at 3C Yikes! So I then tested the shelf, again 3C. Looks like my fridge door is not warmer BUGGER!

Yeah, I actually quite like the idea of just using the bottles. It seems real easy, and if I can get something tasting half decent, I'll continue to use it. I think one of the primary reasons I kept start/stopping brewing in large quantities was all the cleaning involved. As for sweetness, I...

Hi Tanga, I do have a hydrometer, actually posted up the readings from yesterday in this thread. It seems I have to wait more though, the readings are still very high. As I started with the bottles on the heatpad, I have decided to leave them there until it finishes, but the next batch of...

What would you say the average temp is when your doing the first stage of fermentation? I'm trying to gauge how long I should wait before putting my bottles in the fridge, as I have mine on a heatpad. cheers

So far, it's been a few days, I'm thinking of doing some straight in the fridge without adding any sugar, and some with a little bit of sugar, then waiting a bit before putting in the fridge. But I will do all of them in the same bottles as the juice came in. Practical Fool, I have noticed the...

So what you are saying is that when the bottle gets hard, it needs to be drunk quite quickly then to prevent explosion?

Stupid me, I didn't do a reading before I put the yeast in!! But, I did do readings on 3 of the 4. The three 3 litre bottle One came up at 1.070 One came up at 1.030 One came up at 1.050 I couldn't do a reading of the cloudy apple juice because the bottle was too small, the meter was hitting...

Cheers! Being in Adelaide it hovers sometimes below 12 at night, sometimes a bit above, but our house is very cold at night and first thing in morning. I guess I have to ask seeing as I have started, when I want to put lid on and put in fridge, i can use my hyrdrometer thingy, straight into the...