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I'm currently brewing (yesterday) one of those premade kit cider kits that contains black rock, malt, sugar and sucrose. It's meant to come out like strongbow.It smelt darn delicious when mixing.It was impossible to measure the starting gravity as the hydrometer shot out of measuring tube.24hrs...

After the primary fermentation (cider) is complete, some recipes are suggesting to clarify this brew for up to 2 weeks then bottle. Would you get the same clarity (taste, carbonation etc) if you instead ran the brew through one of those coffee filters then bottled?

I just received a heating band to loop around my cider (pail) to keep it a little warmer (my garage hangs around 19'). Its meant to keep the wort at about 24'.... but i have just run a test with it plugged in. When measured with a digital thermometer, it hit over 70'c!!! (then my thermometer...

Hi all, I started boiling up some ginger, chilies, ginger powder, dark brown sugar and cinnamon to add to a Coopers Ginger Bear Kit. In my haste, i accidentally added a can of Black Rock Cider!! (not reading the label... derrrr) :blink: So have i just made 22L of brown swamp water, or should i...

Have decided to give brewing cider a try, and my very first batch (using a wetpak apple cider kit) is almost complete (SG: 1007). I'll be bottling in a mix of bottles - glass and PET, but was wondering what is the best sugar to use for the secondary fermentation? White sugar Brown sugar Raw...