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Mostly ale or cider for the winter. I plan on making ales, ciders, and wines though.

Ok so I know temperatures are colder elsewhere compared to Scotland in winter, even the Highlands where I am. I'm fairly new to brewing though and I was looking for advice on how to keep yeast warm during the fermentation stages. The average temperature of Inverness in December is 1C/34F...

Yeah it is the Lidl stuff. Think the apple juice had 4.5% sugar for 1.5L. I added about 500g of sugar on top of it, also 6 Granny Smiths chopped and crushed.

Hmm ok. I may be in for a bit of scrumpy then, the OG was 1.032. Ach well I'll deal. Live and learn, and get drunk from this batch it'd seem.

Hmm thanks for the replies. I'll probably give it the same time as my ale before trying one bottle. I haven't exactly planned for this to be White Lightning levels of abv. Somewhere around 4% - 5% does me.

So I currently have 12L of cider fermenting away and I plan on bottling maturing my cider in glass bottles. How long would I be best maturing them before drinking them? I've seen various ranges from 2 days after bottling to a year. I know that ale takes roughly a fortnight to mature in the...

I could pop along every day to Lidl but usually I just go once or twice a month. I wasn't joking about the hill :D Thanks for all the advice, though unfortunately I don't know of any local orchards and there isn't a local home brew shop. Will have to see if anyone has any crab apple trees in...

Hmm ok. Thankfully there's a Lidl's just down the road so getting enough apple juice should be ok. About 89p per 2L carton. It's just a pain to carry all 330 feet back up the hill. Pain when you don't drive really. Thanks for the answer.

Hey folks. I'm fairly new to home brewing, in fact I'm supping on my first homebrew of ale as I type this. I'm interested in making some cider next and I'm wondering, how much apple juice would you recommend for a 25L capacity fermenting tub? Obviously filling the tub with 25L of apple juice...