Recent content by Dakob

Why is dextrose used instead of sucrose?

Yeah, I'll pick up some proper equipment when I get the chance... is it possible to move the "cider" from the 2liter bottle to a carboy at this stage without messing everything up (some more)? The foam still hasn't gone, but at least there isn't a puddle round the base of the bottle anymore...

OK, it's still frothing, and it's made a stinking mess on my floor. Perhaps I accidentally managed to make it decide to carbonate when six hours after I started it, I opened it up again and put in another teaspoonful of yeast on top of the half-teaspoon I had added already...? Will it ever...

Um... what does it mean if a bottle has filled the top 10th I left empty with white froth which is now leaking out and onto the floor? Also, when will it stop doing that?

OK, so... 1.Don't try and use camden tablets to kill off the yeast 2.Let it ferment for much longer than before 3.Don't use bakers yeast Are my three things I need to do then? I'll try that next time. Speaking of which, does it matter how much yeast you use to start with, since it grows by...

Am I right in thinking drinking active yeast is bad? I belived so and tried to kill off the yeast the night before I drank (some of) the stuff with a crushed camden tablet. Was that a pointless thing to do? It didn't seem to stop sediment from keeping forming in the bottle (or perhaps that was...

I'm in the UK so legal I think.

No seriously, what indeed HAVE I done? I got this recipe for homemade cider from a friend: Use 2L bottle to brew it in. Sterilise bottle with hot water and camden tablet Pour in slightly less than 2L of cloudy carton juice (not concentrate) Add a few tspns of white sugar Stir together...