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Ok it's in the bottle! Quite simple really - got exactly 40 bottles and it taste pretty good. Conditioning for 4 weeks till I try it. Picked up a Woodfordes Wherry from Wilkinsons so I'll kick that off next week. Happy Punter!

Second reading 1.004 temperature correction gives 1.003 Estimate this will be somewhere round 4% + or - 0.5%. Lovely colour and has noticeable cleared since even yesterday Bottling looking good for Friday. Since I made this with plain old granulated sugar I'm tempter to prime with that too...

My very first brew and today I took my first hydrometer having forgotten to take an OG reading (stupid newbie!) It reads 1.004 so I'll see where it's at over the next 2 days. It's been in the fv for 11 days and I was always planning on bottling after 14. The hydro reads 0.998 in water of a...

Thanks for that, just picked up a load of Kopperberg bottles form the rugby club. they don't seem as solid as other bottles I've collected - will they be ok? I assume the Swedish cider is carbonated?

Thanks for that, does the 'little bottler' need a tap to work off?

Definitely want to do this one next, fingers crossed for Fathers day! Thanks for the reviews!

Thanks so much for your help! Makes perfect sense about the tap, now I know I don't have to worry about openning her up to get a ladle full for my trial jar, a tap seems unneccessary. So a week on Friday I'll take a reading and if it's constant for 3 days I'll bottle it - sounds right? I'm...

Hi guys, Got this started last Friday 11th May. Looks good with a good head on it at the moment. I'm going to leave it 2 weeks in the fv before thinking about anything. I do have some questions though, as I don't have an airlock, just a tight fitting lid, where is all the CO2 going? Most on...

Thanks guys, bottles it is then. I'll keep you posted!

Hi, just kicked off my first brew after being given a can of Caxton Real Ale as a gift. Very excited! Got my stuff from Wilko's and am already regretting using granulated sugar instead of brewing sugar, but hey–ho, I'll see what happens! My big question is: Can anyone give me a pros and cons...