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• Posted in thread: Re-brewing Cider on 03-06-2013 at 12:30 AM
  Finally 9 months after bottling it is now getting drinkable, the bitter taste - never using
  Granny Smiths EVER again - has finally gone and it is starting to mellow out. Thank goodness.
  Just tipped ou...

• Posted in thread: brewing vs. happy wife - kitchen shared on 11-30-2012 at 11:54 PM
  You are going to have to encourage your wife to find a brew SHE enjoys!... Personally - being
  the wife that brews :) - clean as you go and I agree with the guys who said start earlier. I
  wouldn't want...

• Posted in thread: Show us your Mead in a photo!!! on 11-30-2012 at 11:42 PM
  I've just finished my first 'rack' of my first mead and I know I have to put it away so it can
  be as undisturbed as possible, but currently it is glowing a rich gold on the window sill. I
  keep admirin...

• Posted in thread: Rose hip Melomel/Metheglin on 10-08-2012 at 10:49 PM
  I made some rose hip jelly a while back - long laborious process best not done again - how do
  you think this would work in your recipe. Bearing in mind it was made with sugar & is
  concentrated already...

• Posted in thread: Re-brewing Cider on 09-08-2012 at 11:35 PM
  using my banned brewing equipment has resulted in 5ltrs of rocket fuel. I've got to figure out
  how to smooth it out. It's proof is a bit iffy but it didn't freeze so it must be reasonable.
  I've tried ...

• Posted in thread: Re-brewing Cider on 08-16-2012 at 06:33 AM
  OK that may explain why I have been having some problems. I have glass carboys and will use
  these next year for the new brew. Can't do it this year as I've already bottled. Good to know.
  Thank you ver...

• Posted in thread: Improving pear cider on 08-11-2012 at 08:28 AM
  I had a similar problem with my pear cider but as one of the posts said it eventually got a
  little more peary (sp?) with age. My problem was the huge amount of sediment I had in the
  bottom of the barr...

• Posted in thread: Re-brewing Cider on 08-02-2012 at 07:37 AM
  Thanks for that, yes I think I'll just forget about it for another month and by then it may
  have thought about itself enough. Fingers crossed. Next time I will use more sugar. 4th time
  lucky. Mind you...

• Posted in thread: Craisin Hard Cider on 08-01-2012 at 08:10 AM
  I have basically had three 26ltr (7 gallon) barrells of apple juice, added a sachet of yeast
  per barrell and 500gr - 1kg of sugar per barrell.... then I just let it brew until it stopped
  burbling. In ...

• Posted in thread: Re-brewing Cider on 08-01-2012 at 07:48 AM
  I bottled my cider in May and now about 2 months after bottling I am starting to drink it .....
  The flavour isn't bad, just a tad yeasty... (vastly better than my previous efforts). I am
  wondering tho...