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I hate it! anything with 1L of OJ in it gives me dyspepsia. Easy White (1L white grape juice + 1L apple juice variations ) for me every time.

Tesco 'Exotic' 100% juice no longer displays the full fruit juice content which is (I saved a cut off bit from an old carton) It's now 3L for £2.50 Pineapple Juice 37% Orange Juice 34% Apple Juice 25% Passion Fruit Juice 1.6% Banana Puree 1.2% Mango Puree 1.2%

I find anything using pineapple juice can be rather difficult to clear, so I use a sachet of Wilkos 2 part A & B finings (80p now, but I stocked up on 'Father's Day' @ 50p each) that will clear 6 galls overnight. I add all the ingredients for 6 galls to a 5 gall fermenter, except for 1gall of...

My 6 gallon 'Easy White' variation substituting some Pineapple (and a few other bits) for Apple Juice is: 6x WGJ 4x AJ 1x Pineapple 1x Tesco 'Exotic' (Pineapple 37%, Orange 34%, Apple 25%, and only small amounts of Passion Fruit, Banana Puree, Mango Puree)...

24 Shutdown for server migration, now back up but forum scripts not running correctly, so forum inaccessible. Issue being worked on (so looks like I might have correct when I speculated yesterday about a broken Perl file). HTH. EDIT1: Now in maintenance mode - something is happening! EDIT2...

I thought it looked like a broken front end Perl file for the forum as the rest of their stuff is still working OK. P.S. OI! You talking about me?

I forgot to mention that I got my 9 kits in 2 hits, 6 yesterday and 3 today, both times buying all they had out on display, so it might be worth re-checking, or possibly even better, asking at customer services if they have any left in the storeroom. OH thinks I'm being excessive and has told...

Good to know the Shiraz will be OK. I've just bought Shiraz x 1, Cabernet Sauvignon x 1, Merlot x 4 and Chardonnay x 3 all £9.25 each at Wilkos.

You can get samples sent off and tested for a fee, but I use this method for checking approx ABV of wines, and using my refractometer and narrow gauge hydrometer and have found it reasonably accurate (within 1%ABV) to compare with theoretical OSG/FG alcohol estimations, so should work well in...

Pasteurisation does exactlty the opposite - it preserves and 'takes care of' any spoilage organisms.

Yes, only too well. From a previous occasion when it was even cheaper and there was a £5 off £30 spend voucher in one of the newspapers - got it for 27p/litre:

Lowering it further, it isn't just a laxative but can also cause exessive farting - google "Sobitol farting".

They're expensive @ £4/100 for 29mm caps. I use about 300 p.a., collect them myself and get them for £1.89/100 but I guess for most people it probably comes down to avoiding multiple P&P charges if splitting orders between different online suppliers.

Splenda is equivalent to ten times as much sugar, so 24g is equal to 240g of sugar, just over half a pound, which seems an awful lot to be adding to just one gallon. On the subject of Splenda, those who use the tablets for sweetening may be interested in this info I posted on another forum...

Stirring in 1 teaspoon of pectolase/gall into the pressed juice has always got every bit of sediment to drop from pressed juice within an hour, but unless it's summer you need to bring it indoors to do it's work. It's why I get my pectolase in 1 Kg bags.

You must have a spindle, rather than crossbeam basket press, something like this? - I've met the guy that owns it. I've used this model of Rack & Cloth Press Link a few times and the juice extraction rate is at least 15% greater than from a basket press, and possibly more as the efficienty of...

I've often wondered if it's possible to create a hybrid from a basket press, by adding the 'bagged' pomace in layers with circular racks in between.

This type of siphon is becoming increasingly difficult to source as most now have a much wider cup arrangement at the bottom, meaning you can't physically fit them (the cup type) into 2 litre ex-cider flagons, or even a wine bottle that you've poured some dregs into to let them settle before...

Not for long perhaps? I've just noticed a couple of regular users there have become ex-members earlier today (the usual sign of something wrong), but more worryingly is this "Administrator - Ex Member". I got out unscathed, but I'm not loggin when visiting for a few days. What also makes me...

If you have both a refractometer and hydrometer, you can try using this method the ascertain the ABV of finished cider (or wine) without knowing either the original Brix or SG (if it's sparkling you'll need to de-gas it first): http://www.makewine.com/winemaking/methods/alcohol