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Hey, Anyone had any experience bottling with these bottles? http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/00213558/ they are pretty cheap, $1.49 - just wondering if people think they are suitable for carbinated drinks? i'm brewing cider - so i guess specifically cider suitable cheers, Joe

Hey, Can someone explain what the addition of the malt does to a cider? Cheers,

Sanitized the hydrometer, but disaster struck! The demijohn was too shallow for the hydrometer, so the weight just sat at the bottom! So I very carefully poured out some of the liquid into the hydrometer measurer and it was at 0.988 - so when I put the bung and the airlock back on, it did...

Siphon most likely to get it to the bottle and that was the plan with the hydrometer too, just thought I'd check just In case there was a magical way to do it that was easier! And is there any problem with taking the airlock and bung out? As with temperature ... I can't really say, it's been...

Hey everyone, So I've got two batches of cider in 5 litre demijohn currently fermenting, one started on the 31/01/13 and the other on the 1/02/13 The original is just apple juice and a teaspoon of champagne yeast and it has already seemed to stop bubbling out the top - is it possible that the...

Hey y'all Set up one 5 litre demijohn yesterday of just apple juice and champagne yeast, and today I'm about to setup a demijohn with mostly apple juice and a little bit of pear juice (again with champagne yeast) Does anyone have any opinions on adding a bit of chopped up apple or pear into...

Hey, Thanks for all the replies, I'd like to ask more about the fermenting in smaller containers, how does that work? How does the gas bubble out the top? And do you still bottle it in other bottles after the fermentation is finished, or do you just seal the jug with the original lid? Thanks...

Hey everybody, Gonna try a cider brew in the next couple of weeks, and have no idea what I'm doing! Here are a few questions I've been thinking about... 1: I want to make it from real apples if I can, but I don't have an apple press - if I bought a $20 juice extractor from Kmart or...