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Its the least I could do after the nice surprise I got due to the advice I received here. Also, this years batch turned out much much better, Im also trying to let it age and reap the rewards for patience. Ive been making my own cider for 4 years now, starting from, and all thanks to this...

1 year later. I bottled last years disaster in the hope you was right and guess what, you was!!! Its definitely not cider but a crystal clear smooth, creamy, sweet snaps like drink. Much much better, definitely drinkable, in fact Id compare it to some commercial drinks of this type Ive...

True or not this just made me feel a hell of a lot better.

Your right, after I drank a pint of it I felt like Id been beaten half to death the morning after.

What do you mean by "When you add sugar to a CO2 saturated"? Initially when I added the sugar and yeast food at the very beginning it did " Volcano" but the 65ltr Demijohn contained it. Any idea what I have made, because its not cider.

My cider turned out for the worse and I also dont know what I created. The airlock stopped bubbling after a week because it was ready and the yeast was dead. It was all dead because I put way too much sugar in initially, 10Kg for 50 litres of real apple juice. I tasted it as I transferred it...

Forget whatever I have worried about before, everything was probably fine. I say probably because Ill never know. The airlock stopped bubbling because it was ready and the yeast was dead after a week. It was all dead because I put way too much sugar in initially, 10Kg for 50 litres of real apple...

Hi MindenMan, Thanks for your reply. Even if I did bump the Demijohn the pressure/bubbles have never come back since. I replaced the bung after adding more yeast mixed with food and sugar. The pressure in the bottle went mental as it did originally, spitting water out of the lock, but died...

A very amateurish video of me an my missus making cider from our 7 apple trees that I promised to do in a previous thread. Also I have a few questions to ask if anyone manages to watch it. Video link http://youtu.be/QBn2D5rCmSU Another thread I made describing in more detail how I made...

I made a video of how I made mine and how its going. Ill post it in a new thread as soon as I get over how terrible I look and sound on it. Im having more problems with this batch, one of which is the airlock and bung that is leaking, and now not bubbling. I hope to get it uploaded tomorrow.

Thanks again for the reply, Not that it matters to anyone else but me, but ill keep this thread posted on how things turn out. By the way, Ive noticed lots of threads with people making cider with supermarket apple juice, I didnt know this could be done. Im wondering what it tastes like...

Apple pie cider, whats that? Whatever happened to good old space cakes. How times change. :D

Thanks for the reply mkyl428, Yes we juice our own and nothing has changed in the two days that have passed since the report. Would it be possible to have a look at my other thread as there are more pictures there with a lot of sediment at the bottom of the Demijohn Thanks again mkyl428

Pictures of the sediment at the bottom and a few worrying blobs of unknown-ness floating on the top. https://www.flickr.com/photos/67410645@N04/15023672149/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/67410645@N04/15210461325/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/67410645@N04/15207406741/...

Basically what the title says. Just noticed a few white blobs floating on top of my latest batch of cider. Could it be bits of apple from the juicing process or something more sinister. More importantly, if it is infected, what is an infection, and will it kill me if I drink it. :drunk::drunk...

Its been a long time. :) since my last post! My first attempt, see above, turned out fantastically. The "crystal clear cider" was delicious and although we carbonated the end product with a little yeast and sugar we found it best to carbonated using a soda stream CO2 gas canister. Anyway...

Thanks for putting my mind at rest Jacob, roll on 3 months time :)

Ah, actually Ive just noticed your making hard cider and the website doesnt cover the distilled stuff I dont think. Sorry :(

Everything you need to know is here. http://www.cider.org.uk/part1.htm

Just transferred my cider from the demijohn to 2 liter plastic coke bottles and now im in full panic. When I opened the demijohn and smelt the fruitful product of my labour it had a smell of apples, slight alcohol and yeast, which I thought was fine. Whats put me into a panic is that no matter...