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Well the sweet one wasnt exactly sweet however it was slightly...less dry? than the other one. Definitely could taste a difference and actually proffered the ones lactose treated. I don't actually have a photo of the bottles (ill try to take one next time I get a sec) but I think it might have...

Sounds about right. :chug:

glad to be here. Do we have a secret handshake or something?

Well A bit delayed but Here are my post reports after trying a bottle every 2 weeks with about half consumed so far; 2 weeks - drinkable but definitely had that homebrew bite and tasted a bit like water with alcohol in it. 4 weeks - significant increase in flavours but still had a bit of a...

maybe! word on the street is 6 weeks for best results however Ill probably give it a go this weekend to celebrate and will report back my findings.

To those of you following along at home - at a grand total of 11 days of resting nothing has exploded! I count that as a win.

Good point! ill leave them outside for a solid 2 weeks to be sure they arent going to explode on me.

We actually did all the bottling indoors for that exact reason :P I did carbonate low for that same reason - if they survive for 48 hours they should be fine? I would imagine all the sugar used at that stage and the yeast would be back to dormant?

I have absolutely no problems with this :P I managed to get a resonably accurate OG reading which put us around ~1.07 with a FG of ~1.00 so we are looking to be in the 8-10% range which is fantastic. Well we did get our bottling done in typical DIY fashion, Figured the original bottles were...

ahahaha I should have a little sign on my shed with that on it. The real test will be not drinking it while it matures. 6 weeks is practically forever.....But I suppose I can make 2-3 more batches in that time :beerbang:

Patience is a Virtue I am learning slowly :huh:

Indeed - Just wish my Hydrometer had arrived before we brewed :blink:

Mate I have no clue - Im going to get some juice tonight and add enough sugar to bring it to my ~12% sugars calculation and take a measurement. Should be accurate enough for a reasonable estimate on its content. I did have a test batch in the fridge - same fermentation cycle but zero...

So I chucked in that sugar and set everything up to bottle - Spigots sterilized and in and I took the advise from Mutaneer and tilted the vessel back a bit to push the lees away from the spout. Hopefully 4 days will be enough for it to settle. Here are a couple photos I took for Colour - I have...

Solid - Ill do that then and see how it goes. Its been kept pretty sterile but I suppose it might already be contaminated as I couldn't use an airlock on this one - just had the fermenter lid on but half a screw loose (the whole thing was sterilized) but we will see how it goes. Practice makes...

Cloudy is good :) I think my plan will be to rack into bottles on Sunday - Ill chuck a bit more sugar in today to make sure its done and give it a shake. Ill let the bottles sit with loose caps for 2 weeks then top off with priming sugar and start thinking about the next batch :) or does...

The juice is around 94 grams per litre ~10% The additional added sugars should bring this to around 127/Ltr. ~12% Reckon it needs more sugar? Also for racking - could I simply rack into my bottles (going back into the 3ltr. ones) and let it condition out for a week to ensure all sugars are...

Wow that looks delicious :) Gives me hope. I am brewing in one of these http://www.bunnings.com.au/venture-bmw-30l-blue-tint-wide-mouth-water-storage-drum-with-bung_p3240534 and dont have a second fermeter to Rack into - is that totally necessary? I suppose I could bottle rack but my thinking...

Great stuff man thanks for the input. I will definitely be following your advise for the next batch - just trying to nail the chemistry this time. Ill have to find a grower near sydney :D The sweetness thing was more for the GF and a couple mates prefer sweet ciders. Ill tell em to politely...

Hi Everyone! I was hoping to get some advise on a first time cider brew, having read through the starter thread I started brewing with some decent know how I just wanted to sense check some steps with you lovely people before I go and ruin something. I started brewing a couple years ago for...