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    Miked berry cider

    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...
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    Aging cider in whisky barrel

    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?
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    Elderflower sparkling wine

    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...
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    Apple and blackberry cider

    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...
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    Gravity too low prior to fermentation

    Attempting to make apple and blackberry wine, I followed instructions and am happy with the prep, but when I measured the gravity it was a 1028, from my very limited knowledge that's too low right? I've only sealed the lid a few hours ago so is it too late to add more fruit Ingredients were 10...
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