Fally over oops
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started off 2 x 25 litre bins of cider a couple of weeks ago and would like to thank everyone for their help! especially samarith for helping with my serious lack of experience :thumb:
it was a bit of a bodge job but i've ended with various different batches. just bottled sunday but i put some into 330ml pop bottles to taste over the next 2 weeks
batch 1 - mainly real pears, plus apple, cranberry and raspberry juices - something that is drinkable, ended up at 10% abv, but really needed a bit more fruit juice, i might sneak a bit of flavouring in there before each bottle goes in the fridge :lol:
batch 2 - mainly real mixed fruit and a bit of real pears, plus cranberry/raspberry and forest fruits juices - something that is really nice already ended up at about 12% abv which is near what i wanted :shock: and goes down too easily :
batch 3 - mainly real mixed fruit, lots of apple juice - probably beyond saving, but maybe in a few weeks from now the cider conditioning fairies will have paid me a visit :pray: can't think where i went wrong but the apple juice was out of date (got 6 litres for £1.20) so maybe it was that.
if these batches had gone pear shaped i may well have given up on the homebrew that now i'm sure with what i've learnt on the forum my next attempts will be better. and maybe i should try trial btaches instead of 50 litres next time :lol:
it was a bit of a bodge job but i've ended with various different batches. just bottled sunday but i put some into 330ml pop bottles to taste over the next 2 weeks
batch 1 - mainly real pears, plus apple, cranberry and raspberry juices - something that is drinkable, ended up at 10% abv, but really needed a bit more fruit juice, i might sneak a bit of flavouring in there before each bottle goes in the fridge :lol:
batch 2 - mainly real mixed fruit and a bit of real pears, plus cranberry/raspberry and forest fruits juices - something that is really nice already
ended up at about 12% abv which is near what i wanted :shock: and goes down too easily : batch 3 - mainly real mixed fruit, lots of apple juice - probably beyond saving, but maybe in a few weeks from now the cider conditioning fairies will have paid me a visit :pray: can't think where i went wrong but the apple juice was out of date (got 6 litres for £1.20) so maybe it was that.
if these batches had gone pear shaped i may well have given up on the homebrew that now i'm sure with what i've learnt on the forum my next attempts will be better. and maybe i should try trial btaches instead of 50 litres next time :lol:
