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Alternatively you could do as I plan and add fresh juice to the glass at the time you drink it. That way you can sweeten it to anyones taste.

Hi Yooper after much more research today I think I have found the problem. It may be that I have overcarbonated, which is causing the gas to come out of solution as it passes through the tube to the beer gun. It is evidenced by streams of bubbles showing in the tube as it flows. I was advised to...

Lads you are absolutely right. I cannot think of any application which would require such a valve, so unlikely to find a manufacturer. Two taps is the best solution. My next problem is to find a way to reduce the pressure at my tap from the pressure inside the keg, without bleeding off CO2...

I visited a little local West Australian cidery recently. Nick's cider pours into the glass with a beautifully fine froth on top, crystal clear, and streams of bubbles rising up inside. He says that to get good carbonation I need to run 30psi from gas bottle to keg to tap. Yet when I follow...

Hi all from downunder. The flavour of dry hard cider is not to everyones taste. Whilst I can brew a really good dry hard cider, I sometimes have to add varying amounts of apple juice to sweeten it to a drinkers preference. I thought to set up a system with a mixer tap of sorts. Cider in one...

Gidday from Australia. I seriously believe that you cannot make sweet sparkling cider unless adding the sugar just before drinking. I recently made my first batch using pink lady apples as we do not have the same varieties to choose from as you. Once fully fermented and racked to pure clear...

Greetings all from Western Australia. My wife Susy being English we visit UK to see her family every two years and noticed the popularity of cider up there, so we thought to try it out down here in Perth in Western Australia. Full marks to our local brew shop manager who sent us packing empty...

Hi all after returning from the cool country in England to our blistering hot country in Western Australia it is interesting to compare the differences in the conditions for cider brewing. In UK the problems keeping the brew warm - over here it is keeping it cool. Anyway now that the hottest...