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So I've made a few batches of hard cider now and have normally transferred to secondary and then bottle conditioned or straight from primary to bottle priming. This time I wanted to try my hand at kegging a 5 gal batch. I've searched the forum on some tips but can't seem to find much. My plan...

Hey everyone this is the first time I've bottled my cider so unsure of the time it takes to carb up. O.G was 1.070 and F.G was 1.000 I bottled into 750ml beer bottles with 1teaspoon of priming sugar. I then capped and placed them in my water closet which sits between 21-25°c. Any ideas of how...

Hey everyone, sorry if this has been answered before, I was looking through the forum to find an answer but couldn't. I've started a batch of cider that I'm planning on bottling in 750ml beer bottles. I havnt done this yet as I normally just consume from my primary haha but I want to bottle carb...

Hey I've been having different readings with my hydro so someone suggested to drop it into some water and see if it was faulty. This is a pic I took in slightly colder then room temp tap water. Is it reading correctly? Thanks everyone!

Hi all, I'm still relatively new to brewing and after a couple batches of cider,the other day I tried a hopped up cider and really really enjoyed it! I'm hoping to recreate it and and was wondering if anyone has experience in this area? When do I introduce the hops.. Primary or secondary?? How...

Soo i was looking for some new recipes to try and i found someone using english breakfast tea in his cider. I was intrigued but only had earl grey tea so i chucked 2 bags in for a 1 gal tester. O.G 1.075 and pitched super 6 spirit yeast. Has anyone else done a cider in which they have added tea...

I made some mixed berry cider and and kinda went a bit overboard with the sugar haha my o.g was 1.100 and my final reading was 0.995. Let it carb for a couple days (i was impatient) and i cold crashed it. Just having a glass now and i think ive dislocated a testicle... Im no alcohol meter but...

I have read a few threads of people debating what constitutes a cider or wine...yet seem to still not understand whats what. So a few peoples thoughts are that if its apples and its under 8% its cider...if its over 8% then its apple wine?? So whats a fruit beverage thats not apple based...

Hey newbie here with probably another easy question but does anyone know what this is? This is probably my 4th inmate style brew and this pulpy foam has appeared on top. Its been fermenting for about 5 days and the head started on the second day. Is it from the yeast nutrient i used or is it the...

Hey guys i'm still pretty new to making cider from store bought juice but i just had a query that i wanted to ask. Is there any need for secondary fermentation? I did one brew from apple juice let it ferment for 12 days then i carbonated it for 4 days, refridgerated it for 2 days and it tasted...

hey has anyone carbonated in a glass bottle like this? ive had a couple brewers saying that its all good and fine and a couple saying that its a bad idea, just wanted another opinion seeing i have loads of them.They 1000ml. Cheers for the advice!

Hi sorry if this has been answered in another thread. Im new to home brewing and am still learning the fundamental principles,ive made a couple batches of cider (inmate brew style) and they came out reasonably good. However im wanting to clear the cider as well as carbonate it.The last batch i...