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    first cider brew, a few questions

    Cheers guys
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    first cider brew, a few questions

    Hey guys I went to a few different stores looking for 100% pressed Apple juice to top up with. But all of them have an antioxidant listed- Ascorbic acid, even the organic Apple juice had it listed. Is this useable or will it ruin the brew
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    first cider brew, a few questions

    Well having an exact ABV isn't going to happen anyway because the hydrometer can't tell me the sugar content of the BlackBerry so adding Apple juice can't do much more harm. As long as I know the minimum ABV percentage it will be fine. I'll rack off in a week or so as its only been in primary...
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    first cider brew, a few questions

    What do you mean by keep it topped up? Also 0.090 is a very low FG which I'm guessing will make the cider VERY dry. How should I go about sweetening, are there any non fementable sweeteners out there?
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    seems like fermentation re started.

    I have seen this happen a few times while brewing beer. I put it down to fluxuations in temperature. Where we dont really notice if it gets one or two degrees colder, the yeast does and slows down. Once it gets slightly warmer it speeds up again. This is just a guess from what i know about...
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    first cider brew, a few questions

    Hey guys, Fairly new to homebrew only done 4 beer kits, but now trying somthing new. So i have decided to make good use of apple tree in my garden. I pressed around 2 gallons of juice to which i added 3/4 handfulls of blackberrys. Black berrys had been frozen and then thawed as i read this...
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    preserving apples with campden tablets ???

    That what I'm doing with the whole apples but I have pulped half of them and don't want them to spoil while I'm waiting on a new press
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    preserving apples with campden tablets ???

    hi guys i have just picked all my apples and started milling them only to find my press is broken. just ordered a new one but will take up to a week to arrive. now its no problem storing the whole apples but milled ones im not sure what to do i was wandering if i crush a few campden tablets...
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    not sure if pressure is too high or too low

    its a 23L batch and i used 90g of brown sugar. its sitting at around 10C and has been in keg for 3 and half weeks MM
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    not sure if pressure is too high or too low

    Hey guys, I, am a proper Newbie and am having problems with my first batch. I made a batch of lager which i left in fermenter for 3 weeks and then moved too a pressure barrel with priming sugar. the pressure did build up but when i poor my self some my glass is about 75% froth and no matter...
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