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I find lemonade saves the day with dry cider. I added 2tsp of Acesulphame K sweetener to a 5 gal batch when I racked it. FG was 0.998 & it's really nice just as it comes out the bottle

Opened the first bottle of this cider tonight & it's really really nice, looking forward to the next 43 bottles now 👍

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Who am I to argue...it's getting poured straight in! :ban: Made two more last night too with fresh juice & have sediment too settle so will be topping these up too

It doesn't say how it's packed. Just says fresh pressed & it contains asorbic acid. I might just pasteurise it to be safe This is the stuff... http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/landing/home.shtml?cmpid=ppc-_-ghs-_-brand-dsk-_-google-_-asda%20apple%20juice#/product/1000000466794 Cheers

I'm doing a 1 gal batch of pear cider from fresh pressed pears and will be topping it off before secondary. When I add the juice, do I need to pasteurise or treat the new juice first? It's pressed apple juice from a carton Here is the link to the recipie & brew...

Well the weather isn't as good here in North West England but my lhbs is well stocked with more things than I need. Plus they have a discount stamp card, they're helpful, enthusiastic, they have free samples of all their brews which they are more than happy to offer when you visit :drunk: and...

Yeah you're right, Checked this morning and there's a good inch of sediment. I did run the juice through a fine sieve about 6-7 times to remove most of it though but some has made it through... When I rack, if I have to add pressed apple juice, will it be best to add another campden tablet...

Here she is :)

So I've spent most of tonight Juicing 9kg of pears, having a go at my own recipe cider...wish me luck :) The recipe is for a 1 gallon batch:- 9kg of conference pears 250g caster sugar (disolved in 300ml boiled water) 1g Acesulphame K sweetener 1 tsp Pectolase 2g Nutrient 1 Campden...

Yes I do have rinse aid, next time I will make sure I give the glass a good thorough clean with fresh water first. It came out of the bottle like it looks in the picture though so a head didn't even get a chance to form

Yeah the bottled one is carbonated (even though it doesn't look it, it had the kind of fizz a medium lager would have), too much for a bitter really. I bottled & kegged on Jan 10th (Primary was definitely finished too). I'm wondering whether it just need longer to condition? Maybe give the...

So last night I poured my first Homebrew pint. It is a 5gal batch of Wherry Bitter, I bottled half & kegged the other half & had no problems during the whole process. Now last nights pint out of the keg was really nice, malt with a nice bitter after taste, a really good head and light/medium...

Well thats it, no going back now... Just added the solution of 8oz DME in 250ml boiled & cooled water SG before 1.036 SG after 1.038 Not a great deal but the solution did have some thickness to it so probably hasn't all thoroughly mixed with the wort so maybe it might have hit 1.040...

Yeah you're right there, I've got a lot to learn yet but the only way is to read up & try I suppose. This is only my third kit (and brew) so it's the first one I'm having a play with and I'm looking forward to see how it turns out. I had my first ever pint of home-brew last night and it was...