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I'm glad a few people are going to give this a go; it really smells & tastes like a christmasy drink if you know what I mean :) To answer peoples questions: @screamlead: Sounds like a plan, I didn't really intend for it to come out fizzy since I was hoping to drink it warm like you want to...

Edit: I've tried a few dfferent img codes but I can't get any of them to work sorry. Hi, It didn't taste like there was any yeast left over; the ferment was very active for the first 4 or 5 days and had stopped after a week which was when I bottled it. I'm blind which makes using a hydrometer...

Hey all, Last post for now, I promise. I store brews differently depending on their size - larger ones are kept in a keg whilst smaller ones are bottled. I'm consistantly finding that brews that are stored in botles always come out much fizzier than those that are stored in kegs, even though...

Hey all, The mothers birthday is coming up soon and I said I'd look into making a few drinks for the party. I mainly do TC type brews which I quite enjoy, but most of the people who will be drinking my creation/s at the party won't have tasted homebrew cider before. Does anyone have any...

Hi all. Since I've been helped out by quite a few people on this forum, I thought I'd share a Mead recipe with you. It was created after reading many different recipes and is a combination of all of the ingredients that I thought sounded nice in the various different recipes. I did 5L of this...

I've been drinking my way through my first 5 gal batch of this for quite a while now and it's some pretty nice stuff, even if I do forget how to use my legs after a couple two many. When I keg'd it, I primed it quite a bit which worked out quite well, however, I've taken a few bottles up to uni...

Hey all, I'm wanting to give mead making a go, but every recipe that I find seems completely different. The consensus seems to be that this is more of a 6 month type project as opposed to quicker brews like tc that I'm used to - ideally, I'd like to have something to drink on Christmas eve if...

Taking the plunge can be interesting sometimes when it comes to homebrew. If I'm honest with myself, even if it tastes rubbish, I know I'll probably still drink it all anyway. I'll post what I included once I've got it going. Thanks all.

Thanks for this. People seem to be adding around 1kg of honey if there doing 5 gallons. Does that sound about right? seems a bit much to me, but hey, what do I know :P

Hey all. Thinking of starting a tc this weekend since our sainsburys has an offer on aj. All my other tc's have been fairly boring - just juice and some youngs cider yeast, so I'm wanting to mix things up a bit this time. I've read that Honey can be used to sweeten things up a bit, but the...

Chears for the great advice everyone, going to give this a go tomorrow or friday. My dining room / kitchen now looks rather weird. I have 20 litres of apple juice with a couple bottles of vimto ontop of it. Plus, I'm a geek, so theres lodes of computer parts scattered everyware. Chears.

Chears - Young's it is then. Was I right about when to keg it etc?

Hey all. Thinking of giving this a go in the *hope* that we might have some hot days soon. It's going to be my first brew that doesn't involve a kit, so I was wondering if someone could just confirm a few things for me so that I don't end up with a keg full of something undrinkable. I'm doing...

Hey all, new brewer here with some very basic and probably annoying questions if you would be so kind. For the past 1.5 years or so I've been brewing cider from kits which has been enjoyable & has tasted nice enough. However, I'm wondering if the kit method is geared more towards the sort of...