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Ah thank you. I was tempted to backsweeten. But I wasn’t to put off from the first taste so thought I’ll go with it… Bottle bombs will not go down well with the wife haha! Thanks again

Hi 😃 It Fermented for around 12days.. I took the lid off my fermentation bucked and it smelt rather strong! Not off. Just a big hit off cider ish alcohol type smell. I done a hydrometer reading and come in at bang on 1.000 I also had a little taste and I was surprised it was fairly good. I...

Hi, I thought I would reply to you with an update. I Re-hydrated some yeast in some room temperature water. Left it for 15mins and added it to the wort! Again nothing. So I got impatient and tasted some. It tasted very nice so I’m assuming it hasn’t gone off… So I made a starter. In a 2L bottle...

My yeast I brought online and I it turned up the day I needed it so I literally opened the package. Opened the yeast and sprinkled it in. So I have never stored it. I’d like to hope the place selling it stores it correctly but you never know.. I will do what you have mentioned. And wait a...

Tha k you for that info!! I think that is definitely what has gone wrong! I read somewhere it said add 1lb of brown sugar for every gallon. So I added 2lb of brown sugar. My gravity reading was 1.080! Which I know is high. But I though let’s just see what happens… So possibly the sugar level is...

Thank you very much for your reply. When I made my first ale it started bubbling a few hours after I pitched the yeast. I think I was expecting the same. And as I’m new to it all worrying and being impatient.. I will try a bright torch tomorrow when I wake as I’m in bed at the moment see what I...

Thank you John.

Hi, I brewed some IPA from a kit and it was a success’s so since I have 2 well established apple trees in my garden and love cider I’d give it ago. I have only done a 10L batch. I used campden and left for just over 24hrs. And then I added some brown sugar, Yeast nutrient stirred well and then...

Hi, My Grandad who I grew up with was a keen home brewer along with some of our neighbours. Always thought about having a go so my partner go me a kit from love brewing and it went very well. Now I think I might be hooked! So here I am.