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I was actually planning to stick with the wild yeast of I can

OK thanks for that, and what about a ratio of say 3:1 apple/Berry juice for fermentation then adding extra berries to secondary. Any ideas what weight of berries per gallon of juice?

Hey guys I'm looking at doing a batch of mixed berry cider once the blackberry and wild strawberry comes out. I'm planning to you 5l of apples juice and 5l of pressed mixed berry juice. However somebody mentioned I should use the unpressed berries to flavour the batch in secondary...

I'm considering this for my next batch, I have acquired some old pal whiskey barrels and want to try it out. I'm curious has anyone done this before, and if so does it effectively mean that there will be no carbonation? Ot do you ferment, secondary ferment in the barrel then bottle and prime?

How woukd I go about that, I'm a complete beginner

Perfect thanks for that!

Thanks for the reply, if I was to ferment it dry, then prime, is the risk of exploding bottles not offset as you csn calculate the amount of co2 per gram of sugar?

So I'm making elderflower wine in the next few weeks but I couldn't help myself and tried a trial run with rowan blossom, I bottled at a SG of 1.020 and I having to vent the bottles every few hours to avoid any further explosions, lesson learnt!! Anyone has experience with a good SG fir...

Made a batch with apples and blackberry I picked, honey and water from a local well. After 10 days fermenting I filtered the liquid and stored it in a large tub. I didn't use a table to kill off the yeast afterwards as I wanted to keep it organic. So naturally it kept fermenting but on checking...

I I made a test batch, only 2l but same ratios, and the final gravity went to 0.998,so I assume this will keep dropping too?

Is that different from a hydrometer??

Cool ill leave it another week so, thanks!

Thanks man, will try a higher initial gravity next time to get a higher abv

Thanks for that, yeah I did. A few hours after closing the lid. Is it too late to add more?

I worked it out at just under 3%? Will try bottling it at the weekend, I've about 17l so fir it to be any use to me I want it between 4 and 5%, is it too late to add more sugar/alcohol? There's definitely a hint of alcohol of the smell taste and the airlock is bubbling when I press the top...

Will try get the gravity up the next time. Its 6 days today and the gravity is still only 1.009, will it continue to ferment down to below 1 or will it begin to slow

Absolutely, thanks man

Yep 1.0280, sorry am a complete beginner I'll see how this goes and adjust ratio of water:sugar/fruits etc for the next batch! Haha cool I don't think this will be of a suitable quality to even consider saving for a special occasion! Thanks for the information

Thanks for all the information. I added approx 700g of organic honey, will leave it as is and see how it goes. Might add more to flavour it when finished. Yeah exactly I'm happy to try a few few different things 9ver tine Thanks again