Recent content by msheridan69

The batch I made wasn't tart at all - very sweet in fact - not surprised with the malt. Not really my kind of drink to be honest :( I won't be making another batch! With regard to the tart taste dissipating - I suppose it should, but it would probably take a at least 6 months.

My batch was a funky orange colour after 2 weeks in primary - I added beer finings and gave it 72 hours then bottled. What's in the bottle is still a bit cloudy but I'm hoping that'll settle out. BTW, it tastes really good already - looking forward to my first taste of it conditioed in a...

I presume it's graff as in graff-iti :confused:

You 100% right David - I usually use plastic or steel. I wasn't really bothered about using wood during the boil as I assumed nothing was going to survive in that heat - but assumption is the mother of all f*ckups right. Thanks for the input :mug:

It's drinkable now compared to some of the cider I've brewed LOL To be honest though, I'll give it the prescribed 2-3 weeks in the bottle to carbonate. I'm bottle conditioning not kegging. I'm hoping the finings leave some yeast behind too or I might end up with Graff Scrumpy LOL The...

Lots of reasons why this could happen... what apples juice did you use, high temp fermenting, bacterial infection, etc. Young (sour) cider can take about 40 days conditioning before it loses the sour taste and the apple flavour comes through. You can always back sweeten with concentrated...

Thanks for the positive comments all - glad you liked the videos - should have another one on the way soon. OK - Graff update - it's been in the fermenter for 2 weeks now and I haven't seen a bubble in ages LOL, so I took the SG this morning and it's down to 1010 that's about 6.61% ABV (just...

Yeah - the torrified wheat is really just for increased foam and head retention - I'm sure you'll get a decent enough head without it!

Thanks again Shooter. Sure enough, withing a few hours of posting I began to see signs of fermentation again - condensation inside the lid and a bubble in the airlock about every minute. I hoping another week should do it! Thanks :)

Spoke too soon - the fermenter has started up again, Condensation on the inside of the lid, and a bubble every minute or so - I'll just leave it for another week at least. I've 23L if cervaza and 10L of Somerset Gold bubbeling away nicely too :)

Cheers Shooter. No signs of fermentation at all - no condensation on the inside of the fer lid, plenty of krausen (albeit settled at this point). Not a single bubble as far as I can make out. I took a gravity read last night - 1020 from 1055 OG. The wort itself is cloudy as hell and looks...

I leff a glass of it to settle and the cloudiness is just yeast - and tonnes of it. I was left with a centimeter in the bottom of the glass. I'm thinking this need another week in the fermenter to clear.

Hey guys, I made my first batch of Graff last Saturday. I followed the recipe/instructions exactly. Days 1-4 the airlock was going bezerk - gurgling every second or less. The temps were getting pretty high 26-30 so I put the fermenter in a cooler with som ice blocks and the temps went...

OK - a quick update on the Graff. The fermenter has spent the last couple of days in a cooler bag with ice blocks keeping it cool. The analog temp readout on the outside of the fermenter has been staying around 18-20, which is what I wanted - however the fermentation looks like it's slowed...

Edwort's Appelwein seems to get a lot of attention too - I haven't brewed it yet but it's on the list of things to do before I die LOL I brewed a test batch (5L) of variation Graham's Old English cider and it tastes great - far superior to the Brigalow and Black Rock kits we get here in...