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I have just finished my primary on an old fashioned ginger beer that I have been brewing. It's 15l and the bubbles were slowing down, so I filtered it all into another 15l to filter all the ginger pieces, etc. I then topped it up with about 3l of distiller water and added a day of honey to...

I am refining my pear cider recipes... They seem to be on the money with champagne yeast and peckham pears, with no added sugar. However I was wondering at what ripeness should you juice your pears before adding to primary. What is the difference in flavour, alcohol content from really ripe...

Finished my pear cider and bottled with champagne yeast. Going to store for 6 months... But has anyone kept it for longer. I'm curious .... Can you keep in cupboard for say 6-12 months? Cheers

Just a quick question for all you brewing finatics. How long can you keep cider? Most people say it's good in 6 months. What's it like in say 6 years? Saw someone open a bottle of champagne that was from 1975 and it still tasted alright... Does this apply to cider? Would be interested to hear...

Hi there, Anyone have a good India pale ale recipe? First time brewing and would love a drinkable beer. What sort of water do u use as well? Any help would be appreciated

Was wondering if anybody had an idea on what the perfect ph levels are for apple and pear cider. I was told 3.9-4.0 was a good figure but someone recently told me that this reading is to high in terms of acidity. They suggested 3.4. And do people use malic acid and precipitated chalk to get it...

I made quite a decent batch of pear cider but if I had to improve I would like the pear taste to come through a bit more. I used champagne yeast and have been told that strips the flavour a bit. Any suggestions... Also if I was to add pear concentrate just before bottling would I be doing this...

I have made my first batch of pear cider using packham and Bosc pears. BG was 1060 and bottled at 1000 as usual. The cider was quite dry but definately drinkable. To improve on my pear cider it needs a bit more pear taste. Thought about pear concentrate but was wondering if I should use in...