Recent content by Rolster77

Thanks I appreciate the reply. I’ve gone ahead and bottled it so we’ll see how it turns out :)

Hi all, i’m just looking for some advice please. I am wondering if my beer is infected I am brewing a festival IPA it has been fermenting for around 15 or 16 days now so a few days longer than it should have been. It has no off smells or flavours I sampled the gravity sample but on the surface...

So I siphoned the cider into a clean vessel and added 16tsp of sweetener and 7tsp of table sugar, hopefully it'll carbonate. I had a little sip and it tastes great for a still cider! will update in a couple of weeks. :tank:

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Good idea, i'll syphon into a clean container and batch sweeten to taste, then bottle :) Let me know how yours turns out, sounds like a nice punchy Xmas drop! ;)

Thanks for this, i'll give this a go and let you know how it turns out, fingers crossed.

I've just realised that I've made a fatal error, the sorbate will prevent it from carbonating :( what a *******, anyone got any ideas how I can carb this? :confused:

So its been 15 days now, it has started to clear so I need to get it racked. I took another gravity reading (just in case) and it hasn't moved below 1.000, hardly surprising. It also gave me an excuse to sample it! :) it's starting to clear really nicely and looks a bit like a Rose!, before I...

So after 4 days I topped it up with apple juice and it continued to ferment a bit longer, this has fermented out to 1.000 after 7 days, I also added a little more DAP, about 1/4 teaspoon as I detected a whiffy smell. it needs clearing and back sweetening as its very sour, also and obviously it...

I know Ufton Nervet very well I drive and Cycle through it a lot. I live in Theale :)

My first attempt at cider decided to do a Cranberry Cider, well it is nearly Xmas after all! 4 litres Apple Juice 1 Litre Cranberry (both pasteurised and boilded) + 200ml of strong tea ( 2 x tea bags) 200g cane sugar Some raisins boiled in water mashed up and thrown in 5g DAP 5g Champagne...

New to brewing and new to HomeBrewTalk, so just wanted to say greetings and glad to have joined. :mug: