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I have been fermenting my first ever beer brew, a coopers original stout kit. All seems good but I could do with some advice for a first time of kegging and conditioning. All seems to have stopped after 10 days at a gravity of 1.010. I have taken this measurement 3 times over about 36 hours...

Wow ! this is just the sort of beer that really gets me excited. My dad recently went on a tour of the Great Yorkshire brewery (formerly Cropton brewery I think ?) and brought back some bottles. This was the stand out drink of the lot for me. Luckily the old man wasn't keen so I got his last...

As the title states, got a bargain on this today. The smaller store round us was just stocking the winter cider with cinnamon and vanilla, but the larger store had quite a few other flavours on stock. I find this to be the best of the commercial flavoured cider brands and is usually around...

So a few weeks ago I was clearing out the shed making room for starting out with beer brewing. Very new to all this and very excited ! Anyway I moved a few things and found a couple of gallons of cider still in fermentation vessels ! I made these in Sept 2011 according to the labels, but the...

Hi guys. So I am planning on getting some beer on the go for the first time ever. My darling other half bought me a fermentation barrel starter kit last xmas and I have only just found the time to get busy with it ! I think I have all the gear I need but any guidance for a first timer would...

I looked in the shed today and found that 25L of my first ever attempt at homebrew had stopped bubbling, and also become wonderfully clear. 10L of (hopefully) ginger infused cider, and 15L of unflavoured. So now I need to bottle it up. First time I have ever done it so I thought I would run it...

I have 5 5L containers of apple juice under airlock, all from the same batch, a couple of days into proper fermentation. The OG is 1.042 and I want to experiment with making some of of these stronger. I know I need to add sugar but have these questions Can I even add any sugar at this stage, or...

I am interested in creating a batch or two of this. I have a found a recipe in this sub forum for an apple juice (carton) and ginger cordial version. I am pressing some apple juice today however and wondered if anyone could give me any pointers using fresh pressed juice and fresh ginger. Would...

So I am trying making cider for the first time and am looking for some advice as to when the first fermentation is up, and its time to move from the the bucket to the demijohn. The juice was pressed and treated with campden tablets. 1 per gallon. Then I left it 48 hours. I then stirred in a...

...what is it ? I have seen it mentioned on this site, and as I am making a lot of cider this week wondered if I could have a go at it. I am trying lots of variations of methods with it being my first time brewing anything, so another recipe would be great. cheers for any input guys.

Hi everyone. I am new to this forum, and also to homebrewing. I've never made anything alcoholic, apart from some plums that went off in the fruit bowl once. Me and a friend have decided to have a go at making cider and have got hold of a quantity of apples. we have equal quantites of bramley...