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Have tasted it, and it's deffo not infected and tastes great actually. I'll take a pint out tomorrow as a sample and post a pic on here. :tank:

Stockspeed3 that looks very nice! and clear! mine is quite cloudy thats after 9 months! I've just kegged mine up, and waiting for the 2 weeks before drinking. Or is it ok, to just drink now? you can tell im itching to have a few ;0)

Thanks for the all the replies! Think I've sorted it now.

if it doesn't rain it pours for me! Have bought a 5 gallon pressure barrel to store my cider, cleaned and sterilised it. When I tipped it up side down some water is leaking from the cap!! Do you think this could just be the O ring? As I'm taking this shouldn't happen with a pressure barrel...

Is it possible get an accurate alcohol reading from the hydrometer without taking an original reading? Or do I need a before and after reading to get this?

Im going to purchase an auto syphon, thanks brew runner as I didn't know that. . Rob - are you saying it's not a good idea to use a pressure barrel to store my cider when its ready to drink?

tasted my apfelwein last night and I'll be honest it tasted GREAT!!! I'm not going to add anything to it as I like it the way it is. I've now bought a 5 gallon pressure barrel to transfer it into. My question is: when transferring it from the carboy to the barrel, should I use a syphon to do...

Thanks for this. I have it all in a 5 gallon carboy. do I do the above and just pour into the carboy once it's dissolved?

I'd like mine sparkling. What do you do to make this happen?

You're all welcome to come for a taste ;-) Can anyone advise what best to do now? Is it ready to drink? do I need to add anything to it first? Sorry this is my first time,

Wow I've not been on for a few months! I started my homemade Apelwein on 26th November 2010, and it's still sat in my understairs cupboard. I forgot all about it, and now not sure what to do with it? will it still be ok?

My batch is now jsut over 2 months old. going to wait until 3 moths then bottle it up. What bottles do people use to bottle the cider up in?

Started my batch on 26/11/10 and is now still in the carboy in my downstairs cupboard. I was thinking of leaving it there until 3 months then bottling it up? Is it ok to leave there or should it be somewhere else? Also how long to leave it bottles up before its at its prime? once bottled where...

Oh dear! well its ferementing like mad at the moment! do you think i should add a little more yeast with it rehydrated? or just leave it now? Had to tip some out of the carboy as it was starting to come out and into the airlock!! hopefully now it should be ok. It's starting to make an awful...

Well I added the yeast to some water in a cup mixed it up abit then put in the juice,