Recent content by oriley

For some reason FAJC seems to have disappeared from my local supermarkets. I've been going to No Frills in Acton, then tried Valumart in Erin. No luck. Today went down to the Superstore in Georgetown and still no FAJC. Any ideas what to replace this with to carbonate??

I make the Simple Cider recipe by phug, and lately have been adding ginger. About 5oz seems pperfect for 5 gallons. I suggest using this as start point, then split into single gallon batches and experimenting with the chilli.

AJ on sale at Walmart, buck a litre for Allens not from concentrate in the large tins. So, went down to Georgetown, but no Allens tins on the shelf. Saw the tetra packs of Allens, also a buck, so picked up 30. Got home and saw the Low Acid label. Any issues with this. I know phug mentions...

I have experience with this kit. Looked back through my notes and I brewed this kit Feb 17 this year. Followed instructions and made these notes: Start brix 11, end brix 3.8, abv 6.1 Cloudy golden colour, ale flavour. So, wasnt too impressed. I have now made 9 5-gallon batches and by far the...

It's a running total. You can add the 5 x 5 gallons I've already made and add another 5 5xgallon batches that I will do by the end of the year for a total of 50 gallons.

Phug, Ever seen the pear juice on sale? Always can get the AJ for $1 litre at various places, Superstore, Walmart, etc.

Bottled 5 gallons of this as per recipe. Started another 5, but this time with Cider House Select yeast. Anyone else tried this yeast?