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It seems to still be fermenting, its getting less sweet and a little boozy, i tried some with 50% water and it seemed drinkable, so im gonna leave it a bit longer and dilute it at bottling.

Sigh :( Ill leave it for a week and see. Then ill try again with my new better-sized fermenter. Thanks!

Great, ill make sure to wipe around the vents/threads with sanitiser. If it comes out too strong (i.e. undrinkable) could adding water at bottling time save it?

Well, I tried it with the full amounts of ingredients, and the less water, its got a huge foamy head though (much more than the cider, which was my first ever brew, this is my second) had, so it seems to be working, im worried its too much and will spill over, should I loosen the top more? (im...

The keg type one one from an old MrBeer cider kit (ive got a better fermenter on order) It takes more than 8.5L total, thats just how much the markings go up to on it, i.e. how much the MrBeer usually makes, in addition to that, there is about 10-20% headspace for the krausen. edit: This...

Ok, the canned kit I have makes 40 pints (23 L) and asks for 1KG of sugar to the 1.5KG of malt extract. But my fermenter is only a small 8.5 L one, so that wont work. Do i add just add 1/3 of everything ? Or do I add the whole can and the recommended amount of sugar but just less water?