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Ok, just racked into secondary (which just arrived today) and took a reading, sitting at 1001 which should put it around 5.9%abv. Tastes alright too!

Couldn't get the bugger to work for me : (

In a couple of months I will be getting my hands on a dozen 1 gallon glass jugs and I'd like to try a couple brewing experiments! I have had a couple rye beers recently and I must say I'm a fan but I was thinking about doing a rye and wheat beer, having never tried anything like this, I would...

Hey guys, I just got a delivery this morning of my second fermenter and a new auto siphon! The only problem is that I don't know how to use the damn thing... I ordered this from thebrewshop.com.au over the phone sight unseen after seeing a few youtube videos displaying their ease of...

Ok well the second frrmenter has been ordered and should arrive tomorrow! Also got an auto siphon so this should work a treat. Again thanks for all the help!

I do not have a second fermentor unfortunately, the name of the game is to transfer to my bre kettle, clean out fermentor, then transfer back to the fermentor. Probably better than trying to skim everything off the surface though. Next time I think I'll try adding the fruit addition in a hop...

Hey guys, got back today and noticed that airlock activity has slowed down significantly, not unexpected as this is day 5 after pitching (day 3 after the raspberries went in) but I decided to take a look. The attached photos are what it looks like on top, is that normal? there was very...

Duh! Like a mentose in diet coke, I hadn't even thought of that at the time. According to the package there is only about 70g of sugar per kg of raspberries, so I'm looking at something like a 105g addition to the 19l batch. Assuming at all ferments out, would that even add .1% to the ABV?

Holy cow! I just added about a kilo and a half of raspberries which I had warmed to room temp from frozen and did the cider ever take off! I added the thawed slurry to the fermenter as gently as possible careful not to introduce oxygen, and bam, the fermenting cider (which has been going for 2...

To the best of my knowledge, the sugars in apple juice are almost all fermentable. I know that adding more sugars will not make the cider sweeter unless I halt fermentation which I plan to do with 10L of the batch via bottle pasteurization. It's a heck of a learning experience for me at the...

I wish I had a keg setup however my place is too small for that. So if I read your post correctly, there is only about 4-5 grams of sugar per liter of apple juice? Isn't that a little low? Unless you mean that's how much I should put in to bulk prime, however I would like to prime with...

Thanks for all the tips guys! I have decided to split the batch, still planning on using the raspberries (was a request from the missus) but I will only try to pasteurize a portion of the bottles. The yeast and a couple other goodies have just arrived from the brew shop and I'm ready to go...

Hey there guys, I've got a few beers under my belt now and the missus has expressed interest in a cider and for her continued tolerance of my hobby I think it best to make one for her! I have picked up 20 liters of Aldi apple juice but I want it to come out as a sweeter cider with a fruit...

Just an update as I bottled today. Final gravity was 1.014 which works out to about 4.6% abv, that plus priming glucose (measured for 2.3 volumes as with American pale ale style) should be looking at around 5% after everything is said and done. Quite a nice taste with a fantastic dark pale...

Wow, thanks for the info. We do have an off license but seeing what is required I am certain he will think twice before suggesting something like that again! Oh well, I suppose I will have to content myself with the 40L kettle until I am in a position to start a micro brewery :drinks:

Brew day done! I lost more than I thought I would to turb, but ended up with 32.5L of delicious looking wort with an OG of 1.049. Now it's time for the waiting game, I wonder if the missus would kill me if I got another fermenter :D

Thus far this has been a hell of a learning experience! For instance, I have learned that 30L of water, the protective colander, and a little more than 8kg of grain are about the absolute limit of my 40L kettle. I ended up leaving about 600g of my Castle Pale Ale malt out. I think I will be...

Also 35 is the knockout volume I am aiming for.

I have purchased 2 as the first thing broke due to poor handling on my part on brew day before I cold take my readings. Bloody fragile things they are.

Sorry, I should have mentioned that I am using us-05. As for my brewing efficiency I wish I could tell you but I am unsure of that myself. From experience my first brew should have come out around 4.2% with a 70% efficiency, however I believe it was somewhere around 3% from the taste. I will be...