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Hi guys. Making some more cider this time I want to let it mature for a few months had a look around and a bit confused can you help with these points. My cider has not really bubbled through the trap the lid did bulge and it had a scum on top thought it was not fermenting as it is a little...

hi all another wee query if i may. have made quite a few ciders now and all quite enjoyable. a couple of werrys (which i find quite malty tasting) and i have a lager kit on from wilko,s and from first tasting i think it will be very nice. i find that the flavoured cider is a bit short on...

hi all put on abatch of turbo cider with irn bru.boiled the juice first did not seem to do anything. had a couple of tips on how to get it going. thought i would give it a hydrometer check it is reading 1 or just below. i have not seen any evidence of fermentation at all. no bubbles through the...

hi guys. i have been making a few diff. turbo ciders over the months some better than others. i was wondering if i wanted to mke an irn bru flavoured one could i boil a few bottles of the drink and just add it to my apple juice and proceed from there. any advice would be great

hi all i have made a few brews now mainly cider and the odd beer. i now want to try some lager i made a kit a few years ago and it was rank undrinkable. can you point me in the direction of a good kit please. my taste would be a sharp lager, my favourite is moretti, peroni, kronenbourg, that...

hi all thanks to folks on here got a few nice brews going. couple of flavoured ciders one turbo cider and a werry kit what is confusing me is. i have the cider in a fv (decanted into after fermentation) allowing to mature ( now about 3 months) then batch prime and bottle if i want carbonated is...

hi all i have a couple of brews matureing away in fv,s for nearly three months now. what i would like to know is it possible to bottle some of it to make it fizzy it is very nice but flat. swmbo fancies a carbonated cider. will it fizz up in the bottles or have i left it too long cheers all

hi all i have put on a batch of toffee apple cider receipe called for a can of pears i checked but could see no preseratives on the tin. it has been 2 days now and it has not started, if there are preseratives present can i do anything about the brew or is it ruined? thanks in advance

hi all have a couple of ciders on the go. one in a pressure brrel now for two months other in a fv(fruit flavour) fruit one made from apple juice is maturing nice tastes very nice. other one from kit. tastes not nice at all still very cloudy and tates of yeast and not much else, will it be ok...

hi all i have 2 fv,s with cider in maturing away for a month now. both contain malic acid and tanin. my question is will it be ok to bottle them , will they keep maturing in bottles. i am having diff keeping the temp of them down in this heat one of them is up to 18c today dont want to bottle if...

got a couple of brews on. have used malic acid in one when they have finished fermenting read that i should leave them to mature for 3 to 6 months. do i leave cider in f v for this lengh of time before putting into keg or bottles once in bottles can i drink straight away will it be ok, should i...

asked this the other day but got lost in amongst all my ramblings can i retro add malic acid to a pressure barrell cider. i have one in said barrell is it ok to take top off and add. or leave well alone

hi all made up a batch of vimto cider on sunday thus far nothing much happening no bubbles or such like. it is sitting at 18c what will i do with it, is the yeast no good , can i just add more tips please

starting a new batch of vimto cider recipe calls for citric acid, i have malic acid i bought for batch i have on now. can i interchange from one to the other do they do diffrent things or do i need to stick to recipe thanks

hi all i have made a kit cider and put it into a keg. couple of things tasted it before i put it into barrel. it was rotten very bitter and no apple taste at all is this normal. also put a wee bit too much sugar it said 2oz i put in 3oz by mistake will it be ok, or should i let some off the...

hi all new to all this so forgive if i ask somthing silly. have searched forum but can not find the answer. have made a kit of cider and it is in the keg. i want to make some from juice wich i intend to bottle. i was in tesco. apple juice value range in cartons on the shelf 56p litre. in chill...

joined the other week and found some cracking advice already. cider (from kit)is in the keg looks all right as far as i can see going to have a go at cider from juice. was in my local tesco and value apple juice is 56p a litre keep up the good work all that reply to queries and i will try to be...