Recent content by Tom C

So glad I come across this post Stowford is my second favourite with Aspall and Symonds being my first. I will have to try this now. Let me know how yours turns out Steve.

So it came to the weekend for me to try my cider. Found out that the drops you can put into the bottles that 2 drops makes it way to fizzy. Also they is not really much of taste which is ashame and I did it with less water then it recommended so I was hoping for more stronger flavour. The...

Thanks both of you it's still bubbling so I'm gonna leave it till Saturday now which will be 2 weeks. See how it's doing then.

OK thanks both of you i will leave it acouple more days and wait for the SG to be steady. Cheers

It's a apple cider kit from wilko I've just done a hydrometer reading and it's coming up as 1.15 so I'm guesing it still needs acouple of days.

Hi everyone I started fermantain of my cider on saturday 30 May and it says 4 - 6 days but its still bubbling slowly now should I leave it till it stops bubblinng or should I do a hydrometer test.

Would It be ok then after aweek to open the lid alittle bit to take a reading then.

Hi everyone I'm new to brewing and my cider has been fernating for acouple of days. It says it should take 4-6 days for it to be at fermentation or I can use a hydrometer to check the gravity just wondering what is they best way to do without damaging the process.