Recent content by bbbbeeer

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Hi Everyone, I borrowed a friend's press and raided my parents apple trees and set about making my own cider with a kind "what could possibly go wrong" kind of attitude... Pressed about 3 gallons of juice.... added 2/3 sachet of cider yeast.... It fermented a lot for about a week... then...

It's still all fizzing away in the bucket, so I'm leaving it there for now... So, (last question, promise) once it's stopped fizzing, how much sugar would you recommend I prime it with when I bottle it? I have now acquired enough 750ml champagne bottles so it's going in that.... Thanks! Sam

Young, fresh and cloudy - like me? Great - so I'll stick it in some champagne bottles with a tsp of sugar once it's stopped fermenting... I'll stop on the way home from work and buy a case of champagne, and drink it all tonight so that I've got some empty bottles to use....

Cheer for the help guys.... Next question - when should I bottle it? The (slightly vague) recipe says "several days or until the majority of the bubbling and fizzing has ceased" ... any more clues?

Hi everyone, I'm a beginner and have decided to have a go at some Elderflower Champagne following this recipe... http://home-brew-online.myshopify.com/p ... gne-recipe. The ingredients list included '1 packet of Champagne Yeast' but the instructions didn't say what to do with it. So I put the...

Cheers for the advice - here's the recipe that I was going to follow - http://home-brew-online.myshopify.com/p ... gne-recipe

Hi everyone, I've had a go at brewing two beers now with reasonable success, We now fancy having a go at Elderflower champagne with a recipe that we found online. Just wondered what to consider when choosing bottles to put it in. Have read some horror stories of shattering/exploding bottles...

Hi all, Bit of a beginner here I'm afraid... I have a coopers sparkling ale kit that I will shortly start off. The kit recommends that it is fermented along with "1.5kg Coopers Light Malt Extract, 500g Light Dry Malt (the same as light spraymalt) and 300g of Dextrose/Sugar." As the kit was...