cider

Hey team. I’m Geoff and up here brewing, or attempting to, in Townsville. Currently have a pale ale bottle aging, pacific ale fermenting and a cider experiment fermenting and about to be racked to second stage. Not sure what to expect as I didn’t expect a “forum” to be still used. I look...

HI, first time here and had a look at a few of the posts already and got some great information The "Cider Kit" I purchased had a cider syrup tin which explains the recipe and what to add, and the instruction sheet I was given are different when is comes to bottling the brew. I was given a...

Experimenting with pressure fermentation using a corny keg so the recipe is: 17 Lts of Woolies (or Coles) el cheapo apple juice ($1/Lt) make sure it's the no additives and no added sugar type 850gms white sugar 500gms lactose Dissolve the sugar and lactose in 4 Lts of the apple juice by...

Hey guys, Just wondering if anyone has any tips or ideas for the Brewmate Blackberry and Apple Cider Kit Done a search but couldn't find much Looking for a sweet but dry finish. Cheers,

Hi! Someone who has experience with Mangrove Jack's cider kit? If you have, I was unfortunate to put in the cider essence BEFORE fermentation, I later red over the instructions later where it was said to be put up after fermentation. Does this have any major outcomes? If so, what can I do to...

I'm looking to make a session mead (around 5% or 6% instead of the usual double digits). I have seen a lot of recipes with different yeasts, some people recommend beer yeast, others recommend normal mead yeasts. I have ec 1118, a champagne yeast, would that work for a session mead? I've also...

Hi all. So my girlfriend has a yeast allergy, so she can't drink most of the stuff at liquor stores, which is why I started making homebrew, in the hopes that I could make some yeast free drinks for her. I know that yeast is crucial for making alcohol, but we found a mead and a cider that she...

I started a small 1 gallon batch of cider last Sunday using a bottled Honey Crisp cider from Trader Joes. Fermentation started off real nice, and then 2 days ago quit altogether. It's very cold in my area now, and our home brewery is not well heated. I checked the room temperature daily using...

Hey everyone, I'm only new to this as I got a mangrove jacks apple cider kit for Christmas. I'm 18yo and I think home brewing it going to be my new hobby I'm keen on trying pale ale next and eventually working my way up and up until I learn how to make spirits e.g. gins or rum maybe

hello cider heads, apologies if this has been addressed elsewhere, but how many grams of smoked wood chips should i be adding to a 20 litre batch of fermented apple juice prior to bottling. all the advice I've read around this has been a bit vague on detail. cheers! gaz

Hello all brewers. I'm not a brewer as yet, I am however looking into starting. As I am not a beer drinker but I like my cider. I have zero idea where to start or what to do. If anyone out there has ideas or suggestions as to where I should begin it would be greatly appreciated. I know...

I tried making cider for the first time just recently using this yeast (around 8 grams) and about 2 gallons of store bought organic apple juice. It was definitely preservative free and pasteurised. The temperature read between 20 and 22 degrees celsius for over two weeks. I don't know if I made...

hi I'm just about to bottle some cider. last time I made it I used the carbonation drops I used two . I was just going to use sugar this time so I didn't need to buy the drops. Last time it was not bubbly enough how much sugar do people recommend for 750 ml pet bottles I like it very carbonated...

I'm currently doing my first brew with Oztops and juice from the supermarket. I bought a hydrometer so that I could check out what sort of alcohol level I'm getting and have some questions. The first brew I put on was Woolies brand Apple & Blackcurrant juice, in a 2L bottle. I poured 1 cup of...

Howdy all, I'm new to the forum and have recently put down my first batch of cider in juice bottles using Oztops. On Monday night I set up 1x 2L bottle Woolies apple juice and 1x 2L bottle Woolies Apple & Blackcurrant with 100g of sugar added. I'm not sure if I was supposed to somehow mix...

Hey Guys, I wondered if anyone has advice on what temperature I need to bring my cider up to in order to stop it fermenting while not losing any alcohol to evaporation? I have just pitched my yeast in 30 litres of apple juice and the OG is 1050. I plan to pasteurise the cider when it drops to...

G'day All, a new brewer, but I have used the search function and read the sticky posts, I promise. Many of the threads I read didn't seem to come to a conclusion, but rather left open ended. I am looking for advice to pimp the Brigalow kit to suit a sweet palette. I snagged the kit with a new...

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Hey I'm quite an experienced All Grain BEER Brewer, having a little dabble in Cider. I'm thinking of doing a small 5 Liter Batch of Cider using organic apple juice. I'm using Mangrove Jacks M02 Cider yeast, 96 net weight. The directions on the yeast say: Sprinkle contents directly on top of...

hi, I have a 20L of apple juice which had 10g of safcider yeast added. it bubbled and fermented out to around .999 in a weekish... I transferred this to another fermenter and there it has sat for 6 days. (was going to bottle on the weekend) my wife loved the cider & blood orange brew I did in...