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So yeah i'd been flogging my log looking at how easy it was to make a drinkable cider from recipes off this site. I used 24 ltrs of Home Brand Apple Juice (No preservatives etc) 6gm Champagne Yeast Yeast Nutrient I left the 8 bottles in the fridge over night as well as the yeast, as when i...

Hey fellas, Thinking bout making a cider this weekend.. i was just going to grab a kit and do as my local brew shop instructed, but he informed me he has never made a cider. Anyway ive be reading posts in this section and im not sure how i should go about. Most of you blokes say just grab 23...

hi..... im doing a apple cider which is a Grandma Norma kit and im not sure if this could be a problem or not. ok here is goes, the kit has been going now for 4 days now and im done a hydro test and the reading is 1010.....start gravity was 1041. now the test sample is super sour and also the...

Hi, I have recently attempted a cider from Granny Smith apples and would like to give it a go from the heritage cider apples. There is many varieties planted in Oz but i can't seem to find any up in QLD. I would assume Stanthorpe would have some orchids planted, does anyone know where i can get...

I'll open this up to the collective for debate/advice/comment/discussion Ive decided that im going to do a Plum melomel or braggot. Now the kicker is that Im going to make it a funky one and use W9097 Old Ale with Brett. aged plum mead with that old casky horsy characteristics would be a...

Hi, I'm into my second dry mead at the moment, and my next I'm planning on adding some fruit to a sweeter mead. Was considering using Wy1272 which tolerates about 10% alcohol, which in my 1.100 OG must I'm assuming would ferment to about 1.020-1.025. I've been reading a lot of the...

Having just obtained a juicer I've been reading up about making apple cider from real apples. I've realised that there's only bits and pieces of information scattered throughout the non-beer section and thought it would be a good idea to dedicate this particular thread to the subject...

Nothing special but since I had a spare 5L glass jar (from my small batch brewing experiments) I thought I would have a try at an apple and blackcurrant "cider". Recipe as follows: - 4 L apple and blackcurrant juice (Berri brand), 4.9% blackcurrant juice - 70 g glucose - 35 g lactose - 1/2...

Can anyone tell me where I might find some crap apples, or crap apple juice? I have tried looking on the net but have found nothing. Thanks Pip

Just a heads up Harris Farm in Penrith are doing a special on Pink Lady Apples - A bag of 40 for $2! I bought 3 bags (plus 2 3 Litre bottles of pear and apple juice for $6) and am now trying to work out the best way to juice them. I was thinking considering I don't have an actual juicer and my...

HI Guys, Probably a little late to be asking this question as it's all ready in the fermenter and bubbling away but has anyone tried using apple and blackcurrant juice to make cider? I made a sort of perry (80/20 pear and apple juice) for my girl friend a while ago and apart from drinking to...

ok so as the thread says im making a basic Apple/Pear & Pomegranate Cider Got the idea from the Simplest Cider Thread so recipe is 24L apple/Pear juice (any old brand. I used coles brand) Craftbrewer Belgian (T58) yeast 600ml of Pomegranate syrup 1 vanilla bean now I was going to use S04...

My first brew of apple cider (LHB kit - nothing extra) has been fermenting for 10 days and is currently at 1.008 G, but it doesn't taste sweet enough for my liking. Is it too late to add some lactose? I was going to bottle this weekend (3 days away). How much lactose should I add?

Folks I have a large crab apple tree. For the last few months it has been covered witr hundreds of lovely looking crab apples - My intention was to make a crab apple cider. Not 100% crab apple, I think that would be too tart. I was thinking maybe 10-20% with granny smith to make up the...