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No.1. Can I boil store brought apple juice (pasteurise) before adding to my Fermenter, or is there no need? No.2. How much lactose do I need to use to make a sweet cider?

G'day all, Can I use lactose to sweeten my cider If so how much for 5 gals / 19 ltrs. If not,what can I use and how much? Thanks to all who help!!!

G'day all, I'm making a 5gal/19 ltr Belgium style beer ,but want to try some different Flavours in it and thought that vanilla and cinnamon would be great flavours to have as I like both. But I'm not sure on the quantities of each and when is the best time to add Them in the brew...

G'day, I was wondering what is better to use fresh orange peel or dried orange peel ? Also how much of each in a 20 Ltr / 5 gal batch ? Thanks to all, who help.

They are both fantastic and simple design items, but what if you made it out of polyprope (chopping board ) that way you can use it on a home made bottle washer, and only have to handle the bottles as a whole not individually. and the upside to that would be it wont rot like timber would.

looks great, the one i am working on is set up the same way, but ill be useing PVC and poly pipe just incase i need to use some stronger washing agents, i dont have to worry about any reactions or fumes that metal products might give off. keep up the good work. Each to there own...

To all that have replied,Thank you. I've never done a secondary ferment before,so i think I she'll go with the Honey malt first time round, and when I read more into secondary, then I'll Go with the off the shelf method to taste the difference and to which I would Like the most. Thank...

G'day, I was wondering, what the difference between brewing honey and ordenairy off the shelf honey. Could someone tell me and how much of either should i use in a 18 ltr / 5 gallon brew. Im looking for a slight honey flavour.

SEE YOU PEOPLE'S LATER, GOING TO MAKE 1kg OF BELGIAN CANDI GOOD NIGHT, AND HAPPY BREWING.

Doing well. The name knackers is a name my cousin calls me and my return name to him is chutchy So how ya going chutch.

Oh,by the way lovebrewin . When you get to Melbourne go to Dan Murphy's and purchase a beer/stubbie Called OLD HOOKY taste fantastic.

G'day , I'm from Sunbury in Melbourne Victoria. Just opened up a stubbie from a batch I made before Chrissy . taste like a very smooth creamy ale .......YUMMY .....BRING IT ON!!!

SORRY I wil try it with an English Bitter maybe COOPERS or MUNTONS.

Well it is all about exploring new things and crafting new and interesting flavours and new ideas. Im going to try this with a basic extract recipie and ill add 1kg of toffee and we will see how it turns out. first ill confirm with my mother that she did use those ingrediants (vinegar that is).

G'Day all, I was just wondering that if I made some home made brown toffee With normal table sugar and brown vinegar like my mother used to make,and boy did it taste nice,it could be broken up into pieces like Belgian candi, how would that taste in a brew?