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Cheers all As it happens I had a couple of crates still kept at room temp. I popped a bottle from one of those in the fridge this morning & have just opened it this one has carbonated fine. As I have about 180 pints to go at Ill leave the ones moved to the garage first until last by then they...

So I tried a bottle yesterday & it tastes fine but it hasn't carbonated yet it was bottled on the 9th December was left at room temperature for 2 weeks before being moved to the garage. I would have expected some carbonation by now

Thanks but wouldn't the use of camped 48 hours prior to adding cider yeast killed off all the wild yeast?

I made a 25l batch of cider from fresh apples earlier this year that had a larger headspace in the fermentation bucket than I would have liked. Once the primary fermentation had slowed I checked & discovered a thin white layer on the surface which I was told was pellicle I checked through the...

Wont the addition of extra sugar at this stage just kick start the fermentation process again which ultimately will result in all the sugar being consumed returning the cider back to the very dry state it was in the first place? Secondly by adding additional sugar to achieve the desired taste...

I have a batch of cider which is coming to the end of fermenting tested today & have the same SG reading as two days ago, plan to test again Saturday and if there is no change in SG will commence bottling I have tasted the brew is on the tart side so need to sweeten before bottling however I...

I have a similar problem although not yet bottled I have a batch which appears to have stopped fermenting tested today & have the same SG reading as two days ago, plan to test again Saturday and if there is no change in SG will commence bottling The brew is on the tart side so need to sweeten...

I Have 5 batches of cider at various stages of fermentation I made a real newby/schoolboy error on my first two batches by not taking SG readings prior to starting fermenting. Each batch I have made has a different apple combination therefore not as simple as just averaging out the SG from...

Thanks for the advice. Think I will go down the two different routes with small batch sample which will hopefully leave me with a proven recipe for a larger batch next year. Will add some fruit to the existing cider once fermentation has stopped & taste regularly I will do the same with the...

I currently have circa 70 litres of apple cider fermenting & around 30kg of apples still to juice. I am wanting to experiment with different flavours one being a dark fruits. I have around 10 - 15 kg of blackberries raspberries, loganberries & blueberries in the freezer which were frozen within...

What happens if you use too much campden I just made a batch of pear cider and missread the instuctions and doubbled the dose Unfortunately it was only 4 days later that I realised and after I had added the yeast which was 48 hours after adding campden The yeast has been in for 4 days without...

Hi I am having my 1st go at making pear cider and after pressing the pears I was left with 2 gallon but have hit a problem I misread the dosing on campden tablets and instead of adding 1 per gallon I added 2 per gallon but i did not realise my mistake at first I left the juice to stand for 48...