Cider yeast starter...
Hi guys im new to the forum and new to brewing! Yesterday I pressed my apples to make cider. After watching afew videos on youtube I added a tea spoon of sugar and one of yeast to a glass of tepid...
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More cider questions...
Hi guys. Thanks for all your help on my last post. As you will have seen it looks like the yeast was dead, hense not working. Anyway everything has been fermenting away for just over a week and is...
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new to brewingiv got magnum cider in fermenting bucket.1s ready can i mix sugre in a keg then put in demijohns or will they explode?wots best way for secondery fermention? and bottleing what do i do...
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Hi all i am new to this and 10 days ago i fermented some cider on the tin it says temp should be between 23 and 27 degrees if i wrap fermenting bucket in an old duvet to keep it warm will this be ok?...
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Hi everyone,may i say what a fantastic find to stumble over this forum.Any way my question i have brewing my own cider and i am very happy with the results.I have been completing the second...
View Articlesecond firmentation
Hi have not done any home brew for about 20 year .Have now got a magnums pear on the go and want to keg after firmentation has finished. do i need to put suger in keg to make it fizzy. As i will be...
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hi,ive just started my 2nd batch of cider.its been fermenting for 4 days and ive noticed a bad smell,like sulfer.i didnt have this smell with the first batch,and its the same make off cider.will the...
View ArticleMagnum Strawberry Cider - How much sugar to add for a barrel?
Hi,I've never made cider before and upon following instructions for the above mentioned it advises 'for bottling to add 1 teaspoon of sugar per 750ml, or you can use a pressure barrel (which I am), to...
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i'm brewing magnum cider for the first time i started it on monday night.there was no activity in thu
View ArticleFirst time brew
Hi to all I have just tasted my first lot of cider done with theBrewBuddy Home Brew Buddy Starter Kit. I have done all as per the instructions (to the letter) just opened the first bottle and not...
View Articlesugar to start fermentation
i have read the instructions on the finlandia cider range and it seems to say 800g for starting fermentation is this right ? cos looking at how much sugar it seems a lot ?
View ArticleFirst home brew
My partner as just bought me a cider kit, and rather then rush things I decided to read up a little first. I'm thinking that bottling the cider would be my best option as I go through stages of...
View ArticlePlease Help Me!
Ok so I'm a total newcomer to homebrewing. I've bought a brew buddy complete starter kit for cider, I'm unsure how much yeast and nutrient I should use to make 40 pints? Could someone help me on this?...
View ArticleYoung Brew Buddy cider
Hi all First time poster and first time brewer, i bought a brew buddy kit of ebay that came with the cider ingredients. I have had my brew on for 8 days now and the fermentation seems to have...
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FIRST BREW!
hey guys!recently bought my first kit, done my first batch today my friend also bought one of the kits before me, he has had it a over a week fermenting but the process slowed down so it was doing...
View Articlehavent got a clue what im making
hi all new to here here we go with this wakey recipe that i have come up withi have got a apple tree next door so i picked the apples and juiced them i got 2ltr out not much but for free then put 500g...
View ArticleYoungs Brew Buddy Cider Bad Taste
Hi all Had my first cider bottled for just over two weeks and thought i would try one, very light in colour slight carbonation, but is very very dry and has a vinegar acrid taste not very cider like....
View ArticleOn the Rocks Yeast Question
HiJust started brewing the On the rocks raspberry and lime cider.I mixed in the yeast at the end, but it didn't seem to dissolve and rose to the top of the liquid.Fermentation is underway, but the...
View Articlesugar, brewing sugar, brew enhancer
Hi all, I'm just starting out on brewing, and have a question about the best sugars to use My first attempt was Magnum cider, which went well. I used brewing sugar instead of normal sugar, all good. My...
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