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Oh, I should have said that the Saison's have all attenuated down to about 0.996 and the S-04's aren't so far behind on 0.997 or thereabouts.

Hola Peeps! Soooo..Jungle ciders II, III, IV....etc. have all been bottled and taste tested. Without fail, and unsurprisingly, all tasted very 'green' they are all over 10% though so it is to be expected without a bit more age on them I guess. For the Saison's the 'crude' came out on...

S04 (I've heard) tolerates warmer temperatures better than Notts. Any off flavours produced tend to be fruiter than the Notts produces. I'm using S04 in super hot temps (Mexican Caribbean hot) and as yet don't have a swamp cooler (not that one would do much good as the nearest ice/refrigeration...

A solar still is a possibility I was looking at making one a couple of weeks ago..but, if I got caught with it I'd definitely get fired, spirits are very banned... Off gassing sounds like it could be a winner..I'm just a little confused about why the bubbles are all coming from a single...

Still have bubbling in the Tea and plain cider. A thin, perfectly straight line of bubbles climbing the side of each one....still cloudy as well...when will they finish.....

still bubbling...well, Guava's seem to have stopped but all the others are still going, not much but they're still going for sure. Especially the Saisons, I want the Saisons to finish bubbling so I can cool them a little, been looking at swamp cooler construction.. Little concerned that the S04...

Up first the Still/cloudy and second the sparkling/not very clear...bloody delicious though..and a massive sense of satisfaction given that we got the juice out of the apples ourselves. Looking forward to the next batches..and seeing how this one ages.

Sooo...it was the grand unveiling a couple of nights ago.. It's pretty good, everyone seems to like it...out of the original 10g I've only got about 16 bottles left for myself, everyone has been pretty helpful at taking it off my hands. Flavour wise, for me, it still tastes plenty young, I'm...

The only drawback is that any yeast/fruit bits tend to deposit on the 'shelf' above the handle, so you need to shake/swish them every now and again to get that off. 'Cos if you rack with that there it gets sucked into the main body of liquid.

Yep..that's what I use. I tend not to sanitise them. Generally just pour a new one into the jug that I've just finished. I figure they must ship them sanitised.

I haven't checked it, I could have but I have an aversion to opening the bottles here...irrational probably. I've wrapped all three Saisons together in a sleeping bag and a fleece blancket to keep their temps up around 30C...I don't really want to unwrap them and make them cold again either...

In other news, The 5g of Saison that I just started (2 weeks ago) smells incredible, really spicy/peppery...fingers crossed it tastes as good as it smells...

The S04 crude bubbled it's first bubble (again) last night..I'm so proud of it.... I guess that means that I'll be leaving everything a lot longer before I think about bottling.

Possible, although I'm unlikely to be able to chill the bottles for much longer than a day or so..

Just over a week in the bottles and something strange appears to be happening to the clear/carbonated cider (sharkfin).... I've tried to take pictures but it's not an obvious enough phenomenon to show up unfortunately. The cider appears to be...drum roll please...clearing. In the bottles. I'd...

ah yeah..just re read..think you're probably right.

French, Italian Northwest US and North East US...wow, that's some food miles right there...not exactly a 'local' product is it...

Good luck

I don't have much experience, but it looks almost exactly like my brews usually do. I'm brewing at high temps though...

Dare I ask about what temps you are at?