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- Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:57 pm
- Forum: Kit Brewing
- Topic: bottles
- Replies: 43
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Re: bottles
Wychwood bottles love to snap with the wing cappers. I actually went back to a hammer-on capper whle waiting for my bench capper arrive.
- Mon Sep 18, 2023 3:31 pm
- Forum: Kit Brewing
- Topic: bottles
- Replies: 43
- Views: 14327
Re: bottles
If you go for crown caps, get a decent capper. One of the ones that are £25 and up
- Fri Aug 11, 2023 12:30 pm
- Forum: Winemaking
- Topic: not using sugar in wine making
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10074
Re: not using sugar in wine making
NB In my experience, with all berry wines, a few ounces per gallon of blackcurrants in addition to your base fruit improves the result massivley.
- Mon Jul 24, 2023 12:37 am
- Forum: Cider Making
- Topic: Weekend cider
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11454
Re: Weekend cider
coconut????????
- Tue Jul 04, 2023 4:20 pm
- Forum: Cider Making
- Topic: Weekend cider
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11454
Re: Weekend cider
I switched to ale yeasts for turbocider a while ago. It's good.
- Tue Sep 06, 2022 3:50 pm
- Forum: Cider Making
- Topic: Dried Apple Powder
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2643
Re: Dried Apple Powder
Looks interesting. Haven't heard of it before. Pricing looks good.
To get your desired ABV you'll need to check the sugar content and do some sums.
Rule of thumb - 20g per litre sugar gives 1%
If you try it please report back
To get your desired ABV you'll need to check the sugar content and do some sums.
Rule of thumb - 20g per litre sugar gives 1%
If you try it please report back
- Sun Jul 31, 2022 8:42 pm
- Forum: Cider Making
- Topic: Today
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4716
Re: Today
No headspace either...
- Tue Jul 26, 2022 6:16 pm
- Forum: Winemaking
- Topic: apple
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2352
Re: apple
1.040 ferments out to about 5.5%
But apple juice on its own normally gives that and you've got a pound of sugar in there as well
Something isn't adding up
The sugar should give you another 5%
Was it properly dissolved or was a lot of it sitting on the bottom?
Hydrometer temperature correction?
But apple juice on its own normally gives that and you've got a pound of sugar in there as well
Something isn't adding up
The sugar should give you another 5%
Was it properly dissolved or was a lot of it sitting on the bottom?
Hydrometer temperature correction?
- Sun Jul 24, 2022 4:34 pm
- Forum: Winemaking
- Topic: raspberry wine
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2237
Re: raspberry wine
A bit quick but it has been warm lately! I tend to use rassies as a base, about half to two thirds the fruit, and put other berries in for better flavour. My garden supplies me with lots of redcurrants as well as rassies, and blackberries are all over the place locally. I also have red gooseberries....
- Sun Jul 24, 2022 4:29 pm
- Forum: Kit Brewing
- Topic: bottling ????
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4309
Re: bottling ????
I siphon from primary to bottles. So i prime the bottles, but with ordinary sugar - actually more reliable than carb drops and cheaper. A bottling wand on the end of the siphon gets you an auto cutoff when moving between bottles, well worth it. I have a tap in the siphon line too in case any emergen...
- Wed Jul 06, 2022 6:01 pm
- Forum: Kit Brewing
- Topic: kit brewing
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2341
Re: kit brewing
I usually use DME in place of half or all the sugar.
I also brew 40pint kits to 36 pints - more body, slightly higher ABV
I also brew 40pint kits to 36 pints - more body, slightly higher ABV
- Wed Mar 02, 2022 1:12 am
- Forum: Gluten-Free Brewing
- Topic: Teaching my coeliac son to make mead
- Replies: 0
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Teaching my coeliac son to make mead
1 demijohn = 1 gallon = 4.5 litres 20gm sugar per litre = 1%ABV (approx) 1 pound sugar per gallon = 5%ABV (approx) 1 pound = 454gm 2 pounds honey + 1 pound syrup => 15% ... but they're only about 80% fermentable, so 12% (approx) 1 litre apple juice = 106gm sugar 1 litre fruit juice = 115gm sugar 221...
- Thu Dec 30, 2021 11:43 pm
- Forum: Brewing Equipment
- Topic: Digital Refractometer
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2339
Re: Digital Refractometer
They all seem to be made in China but I got mine from a UK reseller so I could send it back if there were any problems - there weren't. It was the sae price, I think, or maybe 1 quid more.
- Tue Nov 30, 2021 1:08 am
- Forum: Cider Making
- Topic: Substitute cider in recipe
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3482
Re: Substitute cider in recipe
Cider is of course standard for some pork recipes.
- Sun Oct 31, 2021 11:37 pm
- Forum: Kit Brewing
- Topic: Geordie Mild review
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2679
Re: Geordie Mild review
I think I did this kit once for my wife, who is a mild fan. I too used some spraymalt in place of some of the sugar, and brewed short. Plus I added ClarityFerm as my wife is coeliac. A pleasant drink, as far as i recall.