cider

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...

Okay so I've picked up a big box of about 40 mangos and I've decided I'm going to attempt to make a cider or wine out of them. I'm not 100% on how I would go about it but I'm thinking juice the mangos, filter out the pulp and add the Campden Tablets overnight, then add some Wine yeast to the...

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...

All my ciders are too dry. How do I make them sweeter? I'm sick of adding a shot of apple juice to the glass when serving. Sweet cider is hard. The easiest way is to learn to enjoy the complexity of a traditional dry cider and forget the lolly water they sell as cider in the shops. But its...

So, I am completely new to the whole homebrewing thing. I've been wanting to do it for a while but I only turned 18 2 weeks ago. My dad brought me a Black Rock Cider kit from Dave's homebrew store, and there were a few questions I have: 1. Should I just stick to the simple outline for the first...

Simple tutorial with simple recipes: How To Make Great Cider I'm not sure what the equivalent of Trader Joe's (grocery store) throughout Australia is... Maybe something like Mountain Creek Whole Foods in Canberra? Basically, the only thing you'd need it for is buying quality, 100% juices for a...

So a while back I made Aldi apple and blackcurrent cider. Used S09 yeast, nutrient and 400g lactose. Made 10litres. It is not so great as it has a weird sweetness to it. Please tell me...what fail safe recipe have you got that would make a dry (not dust dry) cider that I can drink in 4 weeks...

Well I made a small 10l batch of aldi's apple and blackcurrant juice. I added 400g lactose, S09 yeast, nutrient and about 250g dextrose. The SG was around 1.050. 3 weeks on and although I haven't heard any audible bubbling, the gravit is now 1.014. The cider is still sweet yet is already...

Hi. I got a.couple of boxes of stanthorpe apple's and made 22l of juice and added a sachet of s04 with 25g of yeast nutrient. I did this last Friday night. The specific gravity at that stage was 1.50 (or 1.05, whichever is closer to the 1.00). I have made cider from the blackrock can before...

Hi All, This seems a fairly new product on the market. Link: http://www.heinzfoodservice.com.au/Our-Products/Bulk-Beverages/GC-2L-PET/Golden-Circle/Golden-Circle-Pear-Apple-Raspberry-Juice .. and it seemed perfect to me for a cider, so I thought I would do a little experiment to see how it...

Brogdale Cider Festival, 23rd and 24th August 2014, is hosting a demonstration of the traditional pulp and press, and novel juice and strain methods of obtaining fresh apple juice . This will take the form of a contest between these two alternative methods in a “fair test” trial. It promises to...

Hi guys, To keep the missus happy and accepting of the hobby I have made one apple cider from the brewcraft strongbow clone kit. This turned out OK but nothing special. I have been doing some reading around here and for my next attempt am keen to try the 'hobo cider' method using store bought...

I made a 23L batch of cider from a fresh wort kit and SN-09 yeast. It sat in the fermenter for 15 days @ 20C and went from an OG of 1.046 to a FG of 1.004. I bulk primed with 160g of dextrose, dissolved in 500ml of water. Fast forward a week and the first few bottles I opened gushed over the...

G'day gents, Kicked off my first raw apple cider last Sunday using 69 large Granny Smith apples which resulted in just under 8 litres of juice. We juiced them in a cheap slow juicer picked up from Target which did a pretty decent job for under $80. Once I poured the juice into my fermentation...

I'm in the process of making my first batch of cider. I'm pretty new to brewing and have done about 4 batches of beer. I've used a fresh wort kit from ESB and SN-9 yeast. It's been happily bubbling away for over a week and the SG has been dropping. My question is regarding primping. I have a...

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...

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A few months ago I bottled a JAOM which was as per the recipe with the exception of the yeast. I used Tandaco Bakers Yeast instead of Flieshmans. The OG was 1145 and the FG was 1040 for a ABV of 14% which seemed very high for a bakers yeast,so I did a little experiment. I made a brew--- 6L...

hi just made my first brew, 2 "Extra Juicey" 2.4l 1/4 cup light brown sugar 1/3 teaspoon yeast..sn9 stopped fermenting after 10 days (airlock) racked into new demijohn for 3 days then bottled into 500ml bottles with 3/4 teaspoon of caster sugar just opened one to test.. very clear, no fizz Is...