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I made a 25l batch of cider from fresh apples earlier this year that had a larger headspace in the fermentation bucket than I would have liked. Once the primary fermentation had slowed I checked & discovered a thin white layer on the surface which I was told was pellicle I checked through the...

I have a batch of cider which is coming to the end of fermenting tested today & have the same SG reading as two days ago, plan to test again Saturday and if there is no change in SG will commence bottling I have tasted the brew is on the tart side so need to sweeten before bottling however I...

I Have 5 batches of cider at various stages of fermentation I made a real newby/schoolboy error on my first two batches by not taking SG readings prior to starting fermenting. Each batch I have made has a different apple combination therefore not as simple as just averaging out the SG from...

I currently have circa 70 litres of apple cider fermenting & around 30kg of apples still to juice. I am wanting to experiment with different flavours one being a dark fruits. I have around 10 - 15 kg of blackberries raspberries, loganberries & blueberries in the freezer which were frozen within...

Hi I am having my 1st go at making pear cider and after pressing the pears I was left with 2 gallon but have hit a problem I misread the dosing on campden tablets and instead of adding 1 per gallon I added 2 per gallon but i did not realise my mistake at first I left the juice to stand for 48...