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After researching for over 1 month now, I am still unsure which is the best yeast to use to avoid my cider becoming dry. Please is there anybody who knows a winning recipe to get away from it fermenting into dry cider? Or just tell me a full proof yeast that will help a sweetness settle during...

All seems well... airlock is bubbling away, so I guess that means its working fine:-) thanx for the post:-)

Hiya Jensmith:-) again thanx so much, its a real joy to get H.brew advice to keep us begininers going.. I once had the most beautiful bottle of wine whislt traveling in Rome. It was called Cannonau Di Sardegna. I loved it so much I kept the label. ( this was over ten yrs ago) .. I'm not sure if...

Thanks Jensmith. You got it!!... Those dry wines sometimes make me feel like i have an ashtray in my mouth. Could you tell me if adding a Campden tablet( 1 tablet for a gallon) would also halt the yeast? .. I read online that your meant to combine a campden with some other sulphate . But would...

This is a picture taken a few hours on, this is what the settlement at the top looks like... pretty awful ... If somebody has an answer please post ASAP???? cheers

Big thanku for the feedback.. as you can tell im new to the H.brew world.. can I please ask how I stay way clear of ending up with a dry red wine? Can't stand dry wines. That's just my taste though. What ever the other end of the spectrum is, in reguards to dry wine, that's the end I'm aiming...

Hi all fellow H.brewers.. I just started primary ferm with a cider brew containing. Apple juice concentrate (1gallon), yeast nutrigent, sugar and champange yeast. Its been around 10 hrs since I placed it all into a primary demijohn but all the yeast seems to have settled to the top.instead of a...

Thanx for the feedback:-) so I guess I'll have to use some form of sulphur to kill the yeast.. its a shame I was looking to make as free from chemical red wine as possible... I may try and leave secondary fermentation on my latest batch for a month or so and rack it a few more times, let the...

Hi, could somebody tell me how we create a sweetness to H.brew red wine, after secondary fermentation..? It seems no matter how long you leave the red wine to ferment, there is a dry taste.. I'm looking for a sweet full bodied flavour... is it possible to freeze it after secondary, return the...

I'm not sure how to post my own comment being new to the site:-) ... could any one help me with a H.BREW qusetion on red wine?? If after secondary fermentation I decide to bottle it, place it in the freezer to kill the yeast and then warm it a little now the yeast is dead. After warming it pace...