Recent content by tigerpie

Hello, I have been reading a bit on cider brewing and was wondering if this woudl work. Using store bought apple juice, say a 3 ltr container. I add a litre of water and then about half a kilo of dextrose. this should up the SG to about 1.085 (give or take). I then add my yeast and seal it up...

I'm an absolute newbie at this. But how much room do you have between the top of the brew (Krausen I think it is called) and the bottom of the airlock? Is there so little room that when the cider bubbles it doesn't have enough room and it is bubbling straight up through the bottom of the airlock?

I just tasted it actually (from the hydrometer), just a small mouthful, It dorsnt that bad actually. Nothing fancy, but it definitely doesn't taste like vinegar or anything like that.

Hello, I recently purchased a tin of Country Brewer's "Crushed Cider Draught" http://www.countrybrewer.com.au/products/Crush-Cider-1.2L-%252d-Draught.html I believe it comes with this yeast, although I threw the package away...

Hello, Last night I started a cider using a 3litre bottle of Supermarket Apple Juice. I have attached 2 pics of my setup with the contents of the apple juice. I opened the lid and took a reading with my hydrometer and it was 1042.. or should that be 1.042? I then added a 5gram pack of...

Hello, I recently purchased a tin of Country Brewer's "Crushed Cider Draught" http://www.countrybrewer.com.au/products/Crush-Cider-1.2L-%252d-Draught.html I believe it comes with this yeast, although I threw the package away...