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hi i done my Fruits of the Forest Cider 2day...
it smelt lush i have to say
but 1.5kg of sugar seems alot to me...
well thats what it asked for so thats what it got .. :thumb: .
also i ballsed up a bit here ...
as i put in 24ltrs rather than 23...
i had my eyes more on the temp than the level ... .
still not the end of the world ...
ok so i done the sanitation and heated up the kit then i put the 1.5kg of brewing sugar into my fv...
followed by 2 pints of boiling water ...i gave it a good stir till it was all disolved ...
then added the kit and cleaned out the can with more boiling water into the fv ...
i gave this all a damn good stir then topped it up to 24 ltrs trying to get the temp down ...
when it was 22c ish i took my first reading it was 1.042...
so pitched the yeast popped on the lid then fitted the air lock...
here are the pics... .
job done i hope you liked the pics... .
regards mick... :hat: .
it smelt lush i have to say
but 1.5kg of sugar seems alot to me...
well thats what it asked for so thats what it got .. :thumb: .
also i ballsed up a bit here ...
as i put in 24ltrs rather than 23...
i had my eyes more on the temp than the level ... .
still not the end of the world ...
ok so i done the sanitation and heated up the kit then i put the 1.5kg of brewing sugar into my fv...
followed by 2 pints of boiling water ...i gave it a good stir till it was all disolved ...
then added the kit and cleaned out the can with more boiling water into the fv ...
i gave this all a damn good stir then topped it up to 24 ltrs trying to get the temp down ...
when it was 22c ish i took my first reading it was 1.042...
so pitched the yeast popped on the lid then fitted the air lock...
here are the pics... .
job done i hope you liked the pics... .
regards mick... :hat: .