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[rogerthebuilder]

Please help....I recently cut up some apples and placed them, with water, into a 5 gallon fermenting bin and stirred them every day. 3 weeks ago I added 2kg of sugar and it has been bubbling ever since. Can anybody tell me what to do next???? a friend has made this many times but I have read many coflicting ways to continue...should i filter off the juice, bottle it? add sugar and put it in a barrel? could really do with some help. Thanks

[Andy]

Hi Roger and welcome!

Did you add any yeast or are you relying on natural yeasts present on the apple skin etc for fermentation ?

[rogerthebuilder]

Hi,
I was told to rely on natural yeasts with the apples, and it certainly has been bubbling madly..ive been blaimed for alot of the noise!!! I really haven't tried this before and am eager to brew more. I obviously need to get rid of the apples in the mix...any advice gratefully recieved

[Andy]

Rog,

jean-yves is the cider guru, I'm sure he'll pick up on this thread and advise....

[Jim]

Hi Roger and welcome. As andy says, JY is the cider expert.

I will say though, that leaving it to natural yeasts is a risky business. If the yeast that gets hold doesn't perform well in terms of flavour, you'll be disappointed with the result.

I would advise using a packet of suitable yeast (available from any home brew shop) next time.

[rogerthebuilder]

Hi jim,
Thanks for that, have logged it in my wheelbarrow for future use Any ideas on how I should proceed with my current mixer load? :blink:

roge

[rogerthebuilder]

Hi jim,
Thanks for that, have logged it in my wheelbarrow for future use Any ideas on how I should proceed with my current mixer load? :blink:

roge

[jean-yves]

welcome to the forum rog :beer

the way of cider making is realy different in france.
firstly you have to mix different kind of apple; there're the sweet, bittersweet, bittersharp; ther're all important for a good fermentation.

in france we don't add any thing in the juice ( we say that there're already in the juice ) but I know you do in england.
your way of making cider is so different that I've bought a very good book last july when I come over ot plymouth, it's a camra book.
"real cidermakingon a small scale" of Michael Pooley and John Lomax. if you like cider you should buy it.

here some english link of cider:
http://ukcider.co.uk/

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/andrew_lea/

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/scrumpy/cider/

hope this help B) :beer

[jean-yves]

some more B)

if you have some days off: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mcgrouther/services.htm

http://www.cidermuseum.co.uk/index.html

[Jim]

And in case you hadn't noticed, JYs own feature on the main website is http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jim.dunleavy/jyves_1.htm.

[jean-yves]

cheers :rolleyes:

[rogerthebuilder]

Blimey!!! and i thought it was going to be easy! It sounds as if im going to have some problems with my first brew...when i decide what to do with it

merci beaucoup

[jean-yves]

don't worry be happy
( think I've heard that before <_< )