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Hey all, to cut to the chase I want to make some sparkling cider. What bottles can I use other than champagne bottles to do this? Keep in mind I don't have crown caps or a crown capper. Just corks and a corker. I know grolsch bottles are meant to be good, but they're quite expensive.

Okay, I was putting my mead into secondary and was using sorbate/sulphite. I was finally just topping it up in its secondary container...pouring in some honey water and I noticed the mead was fizzing a bit. I just assumed it was some yeast / co2 reacting to the sugar so carried on. After I...

Hello! Hope you all had a nice Christmas holiday...I definitely did. I started this crazily addictive hobby around the 15th of December and have been completely obsessed ever since. I've been making/brewing/fermenting meads, ciders and fruit wines so far (sorry beer lovers...I can't stand beer...

Hey all, I've recently made it my mission to make a drinkable cider from apple juice / freshly pressed apples. My question is if you buy your apples from your local store / market, do you try to get the biggest variety to balance the tart/sweet/flat tastes, or do you just focus on one type? I...

Hey all, I recently got interested in brewing; mead and cider specifically. The hobby is ridiculously addictive! I'm constantly checking my cupboard to see how things are progressing. I started brewing on the 17th with a simple mead and turbo cider. Pic of the mead after 5 days attached below...