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Can I force carb cider in a king keg? Just bought a new one and would rather not 2nd ferment. It's got the s30 top with a Hambledon bard cyl. It says just one squit of co2 to keep the beer (cider) flowing but nothing about more to force carb. Am I right in thinking that the pressure release...

Hi guys. I haven't been on for quite a while so apologies for that. Made my first batch of cider at home this year with my new press & pulper. Now I'm not sure if it's the apples (harry masters junion) or the pulper putting too much air into the mix but I've never had a cider this colour...

I'm making this to be drunk in July 2015 at a summer party so plenty of time to mature. I couldn't find a kit I fancied doing, I wanted a beer of around 6-6.5% & a lot of them add sugar to plump up the volume. I didn't want this so will be tinkering with this kit with the addition of 1.5kg of...

My mate is giving me his grapes, I don't know what they are (small & black) but he's had a bumper crop. He doesn't use them but doesn't want them to go to waste. Now, I've made wine from kits, juice & cordial but not grape. I have no means of squishing them except my feet! Do I need to do...

I've picked around 6kg of blackberries & plan 2 gallon of those & 1 gallon with elderberry but unsure about my quantities. I'd frozen them all & took one batch of around 2.6kg out this morning & put them in my 6l stainless pan. Poured on about 2l boiling water but as they were frozen I put the...

We planted 2 trees 2 years ago but got all of 1 apple last year (not surprising given the weather). They had load of flowers this year & I was keen to get them pollinated but we didn't seem to have many bees around. & cut off a few sprigs from roadside trees & manually mated them with our trees...

I was kind of persauded to do one of these new kits by my lhbs! I went in for a smugglers, I'd decided that would be my next one but she planted that seed of doubt in my mind, too much choice is a bad thing! :D These kits are brand new apparently, & I was impressed by the amount of info on...

This has probably been done many many times but I'm just so lazy to troll through old posts! :rofl: At the moment I just soak my bottles (glass) in VWP for 15 mins or longer, give a really good shake & 2 rinses. I was wondering (after I got some good gunge out) if I should be using a bottle...

I've been scratching my head what to put on next for around 2 weeks! Went into my lhbs this morning still none the wiser & chose this as I had to put something on! I was going to do another Ipa but I'm not the sort of person who goes back to the same holiday location year after year no matter...

This was my first beer brew. I chose it because I like Ipa & it was a 2 can kit. I had no probs at all following the instructions even for a first timer. The beer fermented fully & I got 36x500ml bottles. I left it in the fermenter for maybe 3 weeks & the trub was nicely compacted. I'd had some...

Hi all, I finally got round to putting my St. Peter's IPA on & then bottled with 1/2 tsp of sugar. I was worried I wouldn't get any carbonation as my fiery ginger beer & strawberry ribeena cider both refused to fiz, prob down to our cold house. So this time, I've put them in a water bath with...

I finally got round to putting my first beer kit on & it's bubbling away nicely. I checked the gravity yesterday cos I thought it'd stopped but it was only 1.024. I think my lid isn't sealing v well :roll: Anyway.... The box says it'll be done at 1.014 but my hydrometer says beer finishes at...

Went over to mums yesterday to bottle the last batch of our (mine & mums other half) cider. Was apprehensive because he's not what I'd class as a brewing sort! :rofl: We had a 35L bin & 2x 5L pets. But one of the 5L's went v cloudy & quite 'milk' like! But had finished fermenting & cleared a...

How clear does firey ginger beer go? Because mine on top of the fridge is looking wonderfully clear :party: I was expecting it to stay cloudy so I'm quite impressed considering I haven't added any finings. It's thrown a small amount of sediment so do I rack & move to the cool or leave it to...

Mum has to make room in her freezer so has a load of raspberrys going spare. Unsure how much, maybe a couple of Kg's? Can I make some raspberry wine using red grape juice? How much raspberry per gallon? I'm guessing just mash the berrys & add them to the rgj, sugar, yeast etc?

My wow is sitting in my kitchen but isn't showing much sign of clearing, yet the firey ginger beer is clearing nicely despite needing racking off the heavy sediment. So, shall I move it to a cool place?

Me again! :roll: I racked my Wow last night & added a Youngs wine finings, the 2 pack type. Is it normal for it to look like jelly in the bottom of the d/j ?

I put 5L of strawberry cider on last night. I boiled the ribena & simmered for 15 min & added it to the apple juice once cooled, then added the super wine yeast, nutrient & pectolase. It's not doing anything :cry: Didn't I boil the ribena for long enough or simmer hot enough? Or is it possible...

I've got the ingredience for some lovely strawberry cider but I wanted to work out how much sugar to add to get the % I'm looking for. Anoingly it doesnt say exactly how much sugar is in the Ribena! Only once diluted :evil: Am I right in thinking... 10.9g per 100ml @ 1part ribena to 4 parts...

I've just made 5L of wow (gits, I only joined this forum for cider advice & now look what ya got me doin!) & now I'm prepping to do a gallon of firey ginger beer (ingredience waiting). Quick question..... can I grate the ginger root or does it need to be sliced?