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ok, i aint posted here for quite some time. ive just bottled my first cider and obviously tasted the balls outta it while doing so, and i must say it tastes rather good. during the racking stages i added cinnamon and nutmeg to it, along with roughly 750g of xylitol sugar to sweeten it...

Hi there everyone. I've recently put my cider into its secondary stage. im just wondering what it should smell like? i wouldnt say it smells vinegary which i hear is a good thing, but i cant quite put my finger on how it smells? is there any articles out there which go through the 'smell...

BeerFireBrew - yeah man im in the same mood with it. (Part of my problem is I work in computers) and i think this is a neat we piece of kit.. will definately help amateur brewers create a brew which is the same every time. But i really doubt i would get it, never know though... would be kinda...

Any of ya's saw this yet? pretty neat piece of kit, but id half argue it takes the fun human hands on element out of the venture of home brewing http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cargo/brewbot-the-smart-brewing-appliance

hallucinations you say?.... nutmeg you say? im intrigued? lol

appreciate the input though :) if anyone has any ratio's they are willing to share by all means... ive been considering adding ginger aswell to one of these brews, has anyone ever tried this?

surely would highly recommend a secondary fermentation in this case, as once the sugars are all used the yeast will look for other things to try to eat resulting in weird taste. also what when the yeast dies and starts decomposing

have you tried taking a sample and back sweetening it to see how it turns out?

if it was myself personally (im new to the cider front myself) id let it ferment for a week or 2 until the bubbles slow down and the fizz has cleared take a hydrometer reading and taste it. how long did you wait until you added the repitch of yeast?

oh really? - ill just keep a check on it then... how often would you recommend? i dont wanna do it too often incase i invite some unwanted bacteria into the mix obviously

Hi everyone.. im in the process of making a cider. i've just started the secondary fermentation stage for my 1 gallon batch (ive a 3 gallon batch and a 5 gallon batch still in primary) for the 1 gallon batch i decided to add cinnamon to it to give it abit of a christmasy taste as i dont plan...

all of the batches are now fermenting which im very happy about :) cant wait to get a few bottles into me. im aware it isnt going to taste like magners or anything but im quite curious to how its going to taste. my friend made one last year and said it was quite stinkin? im hoping that was...

one thing id like ask is... once finished and im drinking this... does it 'skitter the ass outta ya' as we would so elegantly put over here in ireland lol

here's the pics ive taken so far of my cider

yeah my demijohn has been bubbling away now for 4 days, it was very active for a day or 2 bubbling once every half a second or so, its slowed down to once every maybe 10 seconds. My 5 gallon batch just started being very active today. it was bubbling away once every minute or so (intense...

yeah i must get a new one. hard to believe i was so careless with it. i was just exhuasted from crushing and pressing all the apples i didnt think to take care with it. well i added the yeast there about 4-8 hours ago... its just started to bubble. i added about say half a pound of sugar to...

what if i was aiming for a fairly high ABV? say... 8-10%?

could i just take a chance and activate the yeast and throw it in with a bit of sugar and just keep an eye on it?

thing is i dont have a hydrometer... well i did for like a day and i was a careless plank and smashed it within 2 seconds of laying my hands on it. dont suppose there is an 'old school' method for testing this?

Hello everyone! I've been browsing through this forum for the last week or so and I have just decided to actually join and hope to get some information first hand and post a few pics of my results etc for the sheer banter :ban: I'm in the process of making a Cider! :tank: I've pressed...