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Possible reasons for non-fermenting cider must On Monday I started my first attempt at cider making, and pressed around 18L of juice from the apples on a tree in our garden. All seemed to go well, until the yeast didn't start fermenting. And... 2 pitches later, its still not got going! I'm...

Hi all, I’ve moved into a house with an old Apple tree. There’s a lot of fruit coming this year, and I’m interested to see what it’ll taste like as a cider — it’s an ex-farmhouse, so I’ve got visions of discovering a harvest of perfect cider apples planted by a farmer of the past! I’m fairly...

Hi everyone, I had one of those brew-days the other day where everything seemed to go wrong. I thought I’d share my bad decisions in case anyone else can learn from them (although the main bad decision is something that is pretty obvious in hindsight!). For this brew-day I tried out a new...

I've just tried to step up a starter for the first time. I cold crashed the finished 1L starter, boiled and cooled 2L of new wort at the right gravity... and then poured it in, forgetting to decant the spent wort first! After realising my mistake, I panicked and ripped up to 2L and stuck it in...

Hi everyone, I'm a forum lurker and brewing newbie (on my third brew). I'm driven to start my first post due to the potential threat of some exploding beer, and a bit of confusion about what's happening with my batch :-). I've just brewed an extract beer, based on the Brew Dog's Dead Pony club...