Homebrewing

[ValeTudoGuy]

Oh and if you want a safe way to seal the bottle without investing in a proper air lock.... Get a condom (sterile) poke a pin hole through it and put it on the top with an elastic band. It will expand when it fills with co2 which will protect your brew, but excess pressure will escape via the pinhole.

[DannyBoy]

If your doing Cider, don't use a kit. Just buy a few bottles of innocent Apple juice when it's on offer..... It makes great cider that's ready to drink in a couple weeks.

The cider kits all tasted very chemically and were such a let down. I will definitely give this a go though.

[ValeTudoGuy]

Cloudy Copella makes a really refreshing yet tart cider too.

[DannyBoy]

Cloudy Copella makes a really refreshing yet tart cider too.

I tried making a turbo cider with cloudy apple juice, man was that sour!

[ValeTudoGuy]

You have to back sweeten like Mattie said.

I quite like it sour though, sometimes I freeze distill into applejack and it's pretty badass.

[DannyBoy]

Completely missed mattys post, bloody tapatalk!

In going to give this a go over the weekend. I've got a load of brewing kit in the loft but will follow this word for word thank you.

[EdBlackadder]

Give it a really gentle stir without splashing (you do not want to put oxygen into the liquid) to see if it kicks the yeast back into action.

Already done that a couple of times. Dropped to 1.015 so we'll see how much farther its gone tomorrow.

[mattyhall22]

Just enjoying a pint of my treacle stout


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[ValeTudoGuy]

You inspired me to open a bottle of cider I made last year from apples I grew myself mixed with some wild crabapple I picked.

[Sean]

You inspired me to open a bottle of cider I made last year from apples I grew myself mixed with some wild crabapple I picked.

That looks so fresh mate

[ValeTudoGuy]

That looks so fresh mate

Very tart and quite refreshing. Almost flat but that's what I was going for, I actually in hind sight think this one would have benefited from some carbonation.

[EdBlackadder]

Just finished bottling 36 pints of Woodforde's Nelson's Revenge. The ones in the cardboard box are going under the stairs, the other dozen into the cupboard. Will have 3 weeks then I'll crack one and see how the carbonation is.

The Munton's Midas Touch is well and truly stuck despite stirring. Thinking about pitching some more yeast and a little nutrient in to see if that'll help it. Keeping it in the sealed fermenter anyway and its still producing a occasional bubbles through the air lock.

Either way its going to be a good summer of beer!

[Sean]

Very tart and quite refreshing. Almost flat but that's what I was going for, I actually in hind sight think this one would have benefited from some carbonation.

To me mate i love ciders like that i hate them when there to gasy

[ValeTudoGuy]

image.jpgJust got these through from Matty, looking really good! Going to let them settle a bit and then get them drunk.... Really looking forward to it!

Matty, gimme a couple day and I will get something on the way back to you.... Been really hectic at work at the mo.

[mattyhall22]

No probs

I hope they don't take too long to settle, I was tempted to put "Don't shake" on the box, but I could imagine the warehouse lads having competitions to see how hard they could shake it lol