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Hi All, Been pushing out a few smaller batches of the last couple of years and decided I'd scale up this year with one big 60 Litre batch of the good local juice (100% Orange Pippins) Using my same procedures and process, same Yeast, Lavlin 71B Ferments were good, nice and clean nothing out of...

So back in June I tasted some of this http://williesmiths.tumblr.com/post/67918495069/willie-smiths-limited-release-lark-distillery Whiskey barrel aged cider. and loved it. I like my whiskey and I like my cider, why not have both in one drink So I went on the hunt for a small barrel to have a...

I used to drink Coopers Kit Ginger Beer years ago. just very simple, Can of wort, Kit yeast and 2kg of white sugar. Have just opened the first bottle of my recent batch, same recipe, except I tossed the kit yeast for the 71B I've been using in my cider, And it's very sweet. I never remember...

Ok guys, just after some advice here. I'm looking to build an Apple and Ginger cider, but unsure which way to go., I've currently got 20L of fresh juice cider fermenting away aswell as a Coopers GB kit. My thoughts are to simply mix the two until I get the right ratio of ginger to apple, then...

So I've got a pink champagne i've been working on for a while, it's been clearing in glass for almost 5 months, and it's now time to bottle. Basically just fresh juice (hand pressed) and EC1118 Grapes were a mix of 1/3 Pinot and 2/3 Chardonnay I'll be priming at rate of about 25g/L, but...

So I started a standard Cider brew a month or so ago, fresh local, unpasteurised juice, things happened and I forgot about it until last night. STill under airlock in my usual plastic fermenter It's beginning to go brown though, I can;t confirm if the batch had absoribic acid added when...

So this week I took delivery of a heap of different fresh juices, As such I'm out of suitable fermenters. Is there any issues with using the below "plastic" bottle for primary fermentation of one of my batches of cider. It's been fully cleaned and sterilised as per my usual regieme which has...

OK, I've put down a ginger beer on the weekend, Super simple recipe that i found on here, but simplified it further. 250g fresh ginger 1 small lemon (flesh and rind) grind it all up in the processor add 500g sugar (sub in DME if required) add a litre of water, bring to the boil and simmer away...

Have done a little reading through here and have seen suggestions for using malt extract to add flavour and mouthfeel to cider, particularly when using pure juice (as I am) Few Questions --noting that I'll probably use dried light extract? -how much is needed in addition to the sugars already...