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I have a pear tree in the back garden with loads of pears on it so I'm going to have a go at making some pear cider. One problem I have is that I don't have a press, I was going to cut them up then put them in a blender and then put them in my fermenting bucket with a bit of water and stir them...

Ive got 2 DJ's of TC that finished fermenting just over a week ago and both still have a thick head on them which hasn't reduced at all. First off is this normal? as on my first batch the head cleared. Secondly, do i just rack it off in another DJ and let it clear in there before bottling? Thanks

I have my 1st ever batch of TC on the go, I started it 2 weeks ago and going on the air lock it finished fermenting after about 10 days. I still have it it the first DJ and was waiting for it to clear before racking it off but it hasn't cleared at all. Do i need to rack it off or add something...

First of all sorry, i know there are loads of turbo cider questions all the time! Can someone tell me what the cup of black tea is used for and when its used? I see lots of recipes saying you need it but i cant find one explaining it! I currently have: 10L Apple juice 300g Sugar Yeast Yeast...

Just a quick one! I know I've seen this one here but sugar related searches throw up hundreds of results and I couldn't find what I'm after! I'm going to make my 1st ever batch of turbo cider and I have got my apply juice which has 119.2g of sugar per litre. I know I saw on hear that from this...

I have a batch of cider on the go, but I haven't seen any sign of fermentation (I added yeast a week ago). Now I was about to pour it away and assume that it had failed as it was an old recipe I followed, but I though I would check the s.g. 1st. It was 1.050 when I started and is now down to...

Im trying to make a batch of cider from apples following a recipe from a really old home brew book i found. The recipe is 3lb cooking apple 2lb sugar 6 Quarts of waters The instructions were to mince the apples then add the water and stir for 7 days morning and night, then after 7 days add...

Hi, For christmas i got bought a basic cider starter kit which i have had under way for 2 weeks now. Last night i took a sample to test the SG (which is now 1.002 and im looking for .998) and the sample smelt quite yeasty. Now i was also curious to see if it tasted like cider or dirty dish...

Hi, This year santa was kind enough to bring me a home brew starter kit, so im now getting round to starting to brew myself some cider. The only question i have is how important is the fermentation temperature? The instructions with the kit say it needs to be between 20 and 25 but round the...