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    Quick yeast question

    I bought a pouch of Mangrove Jack ginger beer on the way to work and left it in the car. Probably got a bit hot. Have I killed the dry yeast in the sachet attached to the bottom of the pouch? - Todd.
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    Fermenting in Cubes.

    Hi all. I'm looking to pick up some 25 - 30L water storage cubes for primary/secondary fermentation vessels. I have two choices (examples below, not advertising). 1...
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    Backsweetening cider/ginger beer with Stevia

    Hi guys. I'm looking to backsweeting a batch of cider and ginger beer, avoiding lactose. Word on the street is that Stevia is a reasonable alternative if I'm looking for a sweeter, bottle carbed brew. The supermarket has a number of brands I'm looking at, so any advice or guidence would be...
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    A quick question about ginger.

    Do you peel it before you chop and cook it, or just chop and cook it with the flaky skin bits on? Thanks, Fish.
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    Begone you complicated Ginger Beer recipes!

    With four small batches of apple cider under my belt I'm expanding into Ginger Beer territory. But trying to find a simple GB recipe is nigh impossible. To my mind the most simple GB recipe should be ginger, water, sugar and yeast. Right? But every recipe I see seems to adding more. Cloves...
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    1L swing top bottles.

    Did a search, but couldn't find anything relevant. A number of the larger retailers and variety stores here in Adelaide are selling 1L swing top bottles for around $2 each. They're labelled as water bottles, but I'm wondering if they'd be any good for priming and conditioning. Anyone have...
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    Reusing yeast - experiment.

    Hi guys. Looking for input. My first cider batch is pretty much done. I've carefully poured out a litre of cider from the fermenting bottle into a jug, primed and bottled it. I had to leave the remaining litre and a half in the bottle when the sediment started shifting. I'll attempt the siphon...
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    Advice with first cider.

    Hi all. Long time lurker, first time poster. I started my first batch of apple cider on Wednesday April 18. It was a bog easy recipe, more dipping my toe in the water rather than jumping in the deep end. Essentially it's a 3L bottle of juice, slightly emptied, pitched with some bakers yeast...
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