Recent content by caesar

Thanks! I guess I'd better start by opening it up and seeing if it's ok and what it tastes like, then I'll think about carbonation and probably as you suggest avoid backsweetening in the bottles... If I did want to backsweeten either this or a future batch, does anyone have suggestions /...

Thanks for the answer, @madscientist451 That's good to know! I was under the impression cider needed bottling – and drinking – sooner than wine, but perhaps that's not the case. I'm not sure if I added sulphite when transferring to the secondary – I would normally do so when racking a 2nd time...

So here goes with my first question for this community. Around this time last year – more or less to the day, actually – I started a batch of cider using apples from neighbours' trees that were going to waste. I bought a small hand-operated shredder (which didn't work very well) and borrowed a...

Hi there, I'm new around here 👋 In the past I've made quite a few batches of "country wines" from various different fruit, with varying results. I've also in the past brewed a couple of batches of beer (one from a kit, one from grain) both of which I was quite happy with. Where I live now, I...