New Cider Brewer.

[xpatx]

Hi everyone my name is Pat and I'm new to this home brew game!
I've recently bought a plastic brew tub and a Wilko's cider kit.
All's going well so far but still fermenting after 2 weeks not the 4-6 days that
it says on the instructions?
I'll have a read through all the forums and look forward to learning and brewing more.

 

[baggybill]

I'm new here myself and a new brewer but I did read in quite a few places that the kits tend to be very optimistic, time wise. Certainly the cheaper ones and it was Wilko kits I read about. A lot depends on conditions being perfect e.g. temperature etc. Hope this helps :-)

 

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Hi everyone my name is Pat and I'm new to this home brew game!
I've recently bought a plastic brew tub and a Wilko's cider kit.
All's going well so far but still fermenting after 2 weeks not the 4-6 days that
it says on the instructions?
I'll have a read through all the forums and look forward to learning and brewing more.

Hi Pat

First of all, welcome to the forum!

My advice is to leave it for a week beyond obvious fermenting is finished.
Cider from kits (or even juice, Turbo style) is a tricky one.
Actually more tricky than wine or beer in my (fairly limited) experience.

Please ignore the instructions on the kit label, that's just there to make you buy / choose it. Thankfully - there is a guide on the forum under Wine and Cider - How I make a Cider kit,

Not much use for the one on now, but if it goes OK, as it will, then this will help for the next time. :

 

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My "Kit Cider" how to. (

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Good advice on here.