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hi mick here ...

iv been and got a wilkos apple cider...
and so i have few questions...

Q 1...can i store my cider after its fermented...
in old plastic asda cidder bottles ...

Q 2...can i use clear glass bottles to store my cider in...
like these glass ones ...

Q 3...do i just use the wilkos brewing sugar ...
or muntons berkit enhancer...

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thank you in advance ...

regards mick... :hat: .
 
I'd guess any glass bottles are fine. The brown ones are used for beers due to hops skunking so it shouldn't be an issue for ciders. Any PET bottles that have held carbonated liquids before will also be fine.

I have the same printer. It's a right ink guzzler! :evil:
 
Just make sure the glass bottles had a carbonated drink in them before they were empty or you run the risk of bottle bombs.
 
LeedsBrewer said:
I'd guess any glass bottles are fine. The brown ones are used for beers due to hops skunking so it shouldn't be an issue for ciders. Any PET bottles that have held carbonated liquids before will also be fine.

I have the same printer. It's a right ink guzzler! :evil:
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thank you very much LeedsBrewer .. :thumb: .
in that case ill get more clear glass bottles as they had cider in them before ....
and as for the old plastic cider bottles ill use them as well if i dont get enought of the clear glass ones ...

as for the printer ....
iv had it a year now...
and still got the free inks in it ....and still ok at the mo ...
as you can tell i dont use it much ... :thumb: .
regards mick... :hat: .
 
alanywiseman said:
Just make sure the glass bottles had a carbonated drink in them before they were empty or you run the risk of bottle bombs.
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thanks alan .. :thumb: .

yes there old cider bottles from a pub...

regards mick... :hat: .
 
ScottM said:
Use white sugar with ciders/wines bud :)
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thanks scott.... :thumb: .
i havent opened my wilko brewing sugar yet so dont no if its white or not ...
or do you mean use tate and lyale sugar...
regards mick... :hat: .
 
I've got one of those printers, and it was an ink guzzler, until it decided to say Paper Jam non-stop, even though there's nothing in the feed route and I've been through every fault correction procedure I can find.

Laser for me next time. I hate inkjets, they all go wrong
 
mick may said:
ScottM said:
Use white sugar with ciders/wines bud :)
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thanks scott.... :thumb: .
i havent opened my wilko brewing sugar yet so dont no if its white or not ...
or do you mean use tate and lyale sugar...
regards mick... :hat: .
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Yep, good old Tate&Lyle works as well as anything
 
oldbloke said:
I've got one of those printers, and it was an ink guzzler, until it decided to say Paper Jam non-stop, even though there's nothing in the feed route and I've been through every fault correction procedure I can find.

Laser for me next time. I hate inkjets, they all go wrong
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i must say i dont use it much at all ...
so havent had any thing go wrong yet ...

i had a canon printer before this one ...

that had lots of paper jaming problems ...
so i put it in the bin and got this one ...


regards mick... :hat: .
 
oldbloke said:
mick may said:
ScottM said:
Use white sugar with ciders/wines bud :)
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thanks scott.... :thumb: .
i havent opened my wilko brewing sugar yet so dont no if its white or not ...
or do you mean use tate and lyale sugar...
regards mick... :hat: .
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Yep, good old Tate&Lyle works as well as anything
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thanks oldbloke ... :thumb: .

ill use t/l then .... :) ...

regards mick... :hat: .
 
hi guys and gals...
iv been to the pub today to get some of their empties...
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iv now got 18 clear glass bottles ...
just another 22 to go ...
then i can bottle my cider ...
well i havent started brewing it yet ...
but didnt wont to start it off...
till i had the bottles ...

but i will be starting the brew on the weekend ...
whether i got them all or not...
as i think ill have about 2 weeks to collect the rest ... :thumb:

regards mick... :hat: .
 
hi guys and gals .. :thumb: .
just looked at the instuctions...
and it says to have it in the fv for 4-6 days ...
then bottle and leave in the warm for 2 days ..
then in the cold for 2 weeks ...
is this right only 2 days in the warm in bottles ...
with my stout its 2 weeks in the warm ...???

it also says to put in 1.5kg of brewing sugar ...
iv got a 1kg bag of brewing sugar ...
so ill have to get another ..a
and split it in half ...
that sounds like a lot of sugar ...

it is a wilko cider so i supose they no how much it needs ...



regards mick... :hat: .
 
mick may said:
hi guys and gals .. :thumb: .
just looked at the instuctions...
and it says to have it in the fv for 4-6 days ...
then bottle and leave in the warm for 2 days ..
then in the cold for 2 weeks ...
is this right only 2 days in the warm in bottles ...
with my stout its 2 weeks in the warm ...???

regards mick... :hat: .
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Always ignore the instructions, it doesn't matter what you are brewing... when it's a kit the method is always the same...

10 days in the primary
10 days in the secondary
14 days in the bottles in the warm
14 days in the bottles as cool as possible

With a cider it's generally best to leave it in the secondary for a month or 2, to allow the flavours to develop and mix. If it has a flavour pouch this won't be as crucial but a month would do it the world of good.
 
ScottM said:
mick may said:
hi guys and gals .. :thumb: .
just looked at the instuctions...
and it says to have it in the fv for 4-6 days ...
then bottle and leave in the warm for 2 days ..
then in the cold for 2 weeks ...
is this right only 2 days in the warm in bottles ...
with my stout its 2 weeks in the warm ...???

regards mick... :hat: .
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Always ignore the instructions, it doesn't matter what you are brewing... when it's a kit the method is always the same...

10 days in the primary
10 days in the secondary
14 days in the bottles in the warm
14 days in the bottles as cool as possible

With a cider it's generally best to leave it in the secondary for a month or 2, to allow the flavours to develop and mix. If it has a flavour pouch this won't be as crucial but a month would do it the world of good.
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ok thanks scott... :thumb: .
ill do it as you said ...
so 10days in the first fv...
then a month in the 2nd fv ...then bottle ...have i got it right ...
1 thing there is no flavour pouch...just the yeast ...
 
mick may said:
ScottM said:
[quote="mick may":qfcomcp2]hi guys and gals .. :thumb: .
just looked at the instuctions...
and it says to have it in the fv for 4-6 days ...
then bottle and leave in the warm for 2 days ..
then in the cold for 2 weeks ...
is this right only 2 days in the warm in bottles ...
with my stout its 2 weeks in the warm ...???

regards mick... :hat: .
Click to expand...

Always ignore the instructions, it doesn't matter what you are brewing... when it's a kit the method is always the same...

10 days in the primary
10 days in the secondary
14 days in the bottles in the warm
14 days in the bottles as cool as possible

With a cider it's generally best to leave it in the secondary for a month or 2, to allow the flavours to develop and mix. If it has a flavour pouch this won't be as crucial but a month would do it the world of good.
Click to expand...

ok thanks scott... :thumb: .
ill do it as you said ...
so 10days in the first fv...
then a month in the 2nd fv ...then bottle ...have i got it right ...
1 thing there is no flavour pouch...just the yeast ...[/quote:qfcomcp2]

Yup that's right. The longer you leave it in secondary the better it will be. It doesn't need to be 20 degrees for that time though, lower is absolutely fine as storage cellars are normally around 12 degrees ish :)
 
ok wilko apple cider kit...
here we go ...

first i sanitised every thing ...
then in went 6 pints of bioling water ...

the cider kit is sat in very hot water for about 15 mins...

i then added 1.5kg of brewing sugar ...
and gave it all a dam good stir till it all disolved ...

then i added the cider kit then another dam good stir...

first reading is 1.0 42...

then bang in went the yeast .. :thumb: .
another good stir ....

i no some dont stir...
some sprinkle...

on with the lid ...

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i only put it in this builder bucket ...
just in case it goes mad ...but i dont think it will ...
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sorry forgot to say the temperature is sat at 20c...
now the waiting starts ...

regards mick... :hat: .
 

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