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I have make a few TC now but generally they have been fruit based for my son. I did make a "sort of cider", which when back sweetened and mixed with a dash of AJ is ok but I would like to make a plain cider for myself. I really like Wyld wood cider but generally drink Scrumpy jack. Does anyone...

Mrs S does love a white wine or rose with tonic. I have made a couple of rose wines that are on par with the cheap suermarket rose but a bit sweet for her. Does anyone have a recipe for a good dry rose and a good dry white wine. For the white she like Soave and pinot grigio and for the pink...

On the back of making a rhubarb TC I decided to make a peach WOW 3 small tins of peaches in wgj which gave me 87g of peaches and 400ml wgj blended it all together and then added AJ. Got myself into a tizz and couldnt understand why the hydrometer would not read - It doesnt like froth!! syphoned...

It a fit of brewing fervor I have started (over the course of a few days) my first 4 "turbo" brews whilst wondering whats best to do with my 2 "sort of ciders" Brew 1 Simple rose 1l RGJ 1l AJ 850ml Cranberry juice drink water to 5l 1 tsp of each; tannin, youngs super yeast, yeast nutrient...

Hi all. Being an ( over enthusiastic) newbie with a sudden supply of windfalls I jumped headlong into my first 2 batches of cider. Not having a press I blitzed the apples in the blender and and added them to a FV The first (uber impatient) batch had bread yeast, yeast nutrient, and sugar. It...

Hi All I have made my first batch of "sort of cider" with some windfalls. It was spur of the moment and a pure experiment. As I was too impatient to wait for the proper yeast I made it with bread yeast. I researched it on here and it seemed that the only problem was to get the yeast to...

Hi all, I have just started on some "sort of cider" and will be starting some dark fruits TC for my son soon. A kindly chap has donated me 2 pressure barrels when he heard of my exploits. I have been reading up on them and they seem a mixed bag. The ones I have got will be the cheaper £25 a...

Hi Guys I have recently made a test batch of Andy Hamiltons "sort of cider" 1kg apples Thumb sized piece of bruised ginger root Half tsp cloves Pinch of nutmeg 500g sugar 4 litres of warm (25°C) water Champagne yeast I tripled the quantities but only had bread yeast. It has all feremented and...