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Export Bohemian Pils would be my choice if I win. 🤞

Yeah that looks like what I need, nice one 👍

Hi, I pickup up some additional brewing kit a while back, one thing was a plastic barrel with a tap at bottom and screw top. The guy said it could be used for injecting co2, there was a used 8g cannister with the kit so i assumed (possibly in error) that I could use them with the barrel and...

For anyone that's interested, i put the yeast in 30c 100ml wwater as instructed and waited 15mins and it was exploding up the beaker. Never seen yeast do that when i have hydrated it before.

Ah, ok, so I'm aiming for 1008 after fermenting then.

Ok cool, approx 1l per kg, that makes more sense. I was using my kettle's 10l mark as zero so i had some flow. Had a fiddle with the app the other day, before I started , but i found there were a lot of settings to establish and it didn't have my recipie. I'm keen to use it once I've got a few...

Hi, Bought some new (2nd hand) kit. A large white twin element boiler an igloo mash tun and a diy wort chiller. Have made various kits over the last few years as well as making cider from apples most years. Decided to try the "get er brewed" crisp - session bitter as in my packet mix kit...

Things ticking along well. Added some nutrient which I have not done before to the second (1044) batch and fermentation has been vigorous initially :) Gave it a clean and re-set, still happening fast but calmed down a bit now. Thinking of experimenting with a few at bottling time, over...

Hi craig, can't really recommend a particular site as i diy'd or borrowed most of my kit. Here's a guide i refer to, although i just take the basics from it and skip a good few things they refer to. https://www.lovebrewing.co.uk/guides/cider-making/cider-making-made-easy#

Good morning, Have been pulping, juicing and putting some cider to brew on lately. 1. 5 gallons, initial gravity 1040, Campden tabs for 24hrs, then champagne yeast. Initially tart and a little dry to taste, with plenty of flavour 2. 6 gallons, initial gravity 1044, Campden for 24hrs, then...

Morning, In process of transferring to my secondary fermenter. It's hit 1000 on hydrometer but v hazy. Should I keep it same temp as before, I.e. above 20 not above 26, or is the idea to put it somewhere cool?

Ah Coolio, around 5% won't be too spicy then! It's bubbling away nicely at the mo, so will leave until it slows down a fair bit. I din't have a secondary fermenter, but maybe time for a little investment.

Hi all, Just finished pressing about 25ltr's of juice from apples, this is my 3rd time trying, but I actually have a decent press this time, the last two times it came out of the bottle a bit sour, so hoping for better results this time. I have added a crushed campden and will add yeast...

thanks for the tips :thumb: I froze the stuff i'd already cut up and that helped, then i used a blender with a blade attachment for the rest of the whole fruit i had. I just googled the scatter thing, think that'll help next time. Managed about 8 liters from the tub of apples i had, this is...

i have a hand turning press see pic, and just spent the last 2hrs getting little more than a dribble at a time, maybe 500ml of apple juice in total from a lot of apples. i cut the apples up into small pieces,flat slices, 8ths, 10ths, but nothing gave me any more juice out. I have kept what i...

thanks, i did a search but didn't come across that one. Will have a read :thumb:

hi all, going to start making a cider in next day or so. I have picked a load of apples and a friend had an old metal fruit press in his shed that he lent to me. I have a hydrometer, brewing bucket and some demi johns. My plan is to pulp the fruit then brew it in the bucket with packet...

so i just finished bottling up. it came out at 1054. on my hydrometer that showed about 7%. It tastes ok, quite a strong alcohol taste initially with a very sweet after taste. I added some sugar to it when bottling to give it some fizz, was that right? It's conditioning when you leave it in...

Thanks for replies. I didn't realise i was boiling the ribena for that reason, i just assumed it was to help dissolve the sugar. I think i may have not boiled it hard enough. I'm going to persist to see how things turn out anyways.

hi, So after brewing a few beer kits, i decided to go "off-piste". I found a ribena alcopop recipe, that basically heated up a bottle of original ribena with a few liters of water to desolve a kilo of sugar. Once cool i added a teaspoon of yeast, and a teaspoon of yeast nutrient, and some...