Chalkyt

Whoops... my mistake... I am losing the plot!!! I had read your post on "Gallons of Cider" and picked up the reference to TF6 from...

Hopefully by now the DAP as suggested by Maylar will have kicked things along. FYI I, have had this issue with S04 (an ale yeast)...

I have haven't used kits but do "optimise" my ciders to get the results that I am after. To me optimise simply means achieving the...

Yes, I would have expected some non-linearity, and it was part of the "masterplan". However, for some reason, the carbonation...

This is a bit long, but a few weeks ago when there was some discussion about the “usefulness” of the squeeze bottle test to assess...

I left them in primary for a few weeks until the colour had leached out of the peel (I have a 5 litre, large flip top fermenter which is...

All of the above.... plus to answer your question about peel. I have used peel to good effect. See my post to lyanman 15 Oct or use the...

The issue of carbonation has been rattling around a fair bit recently, so I have just posted "Using a pressure gauge for monitoring...

This is another lengthy "rave on" by me. I have covered much of this recently in responding to posts. However, there has been a bit of...

Yes, I froze the peel until I had enough or was ready to use it. My approach has been to put the peel in the primary fermenter...

I don't see why store bought apples wouldn't work quite well. The charcteristics of apples vary from year to year but are generally...

FYI, this is a little off-topic but if you are right about the apple varieties, you actually have a good combination. In my small...

My best result has been with 20-25% cherry, i.e. fruit added at "secondary" or when the turbulent fermentation has settled at around SG...

I am certainly no expert on nutrients as I just use DAP (a chemical compound) which provides 20% nitrogen, and it works for me. I...

Interesting outcome with TF6. When the "new" Fermentis yeasts came out a few years ago I did some comparison test batches and didn't...