Home cider bit cheaper than a pub

[tozzybum]

5 cartons of supermarkets finest ,wine yeast with nutrients added ,1x Camden tablet, finings to clear,some sugar and a lot of patience.
Apple juice and yeast mix into demi john and pop in a fermentation trap.
Dark room or cupboard for 2 weeks till bubbles settled add finings and the Camden tablet to stop fermentation and clear .
But if your a dry cider person don't add these for another 2 weeks as longer fermentation leads to dryer cider.
If you want bubbles just before bottling add 5 teaspoons of sugar melted in water to the mix .
Syphon carefully into " grolsch" type bottles ,yes into bottles not yourself .
And when ready enjoy

 

[Dunwaters]

I used to make something similar but I’m not allowed to anymore.
Damndest thing, I’d be perfectly lucid until I tried to stand up and discovered that I was totally ****ed from the waist down.
Had to be put to bed twice.
Those 2 litre plastic fizzy drink bottles hold enough for 2 and dont explode under pressure.

 

[tozzybum]

Yes its too smooth and after a couple or 3 wobbly arrives

 

[bowji john]

Home brew is dangerous

Home brew cider is something else!

Hugely popular 30 years ago, I suspect it will be again!

 

[User00040]

Are the savings worth the memory loss and potential blindness?

 

[tozzybum]

Dunno can't remember wot we talking about

 

[Dunwaters]

Are the savings worth the memory loss and potential blindness?

They were at the time, I had a lot more sacrificial brain cells back then.

 

[Fair Hill]

I started making gorse wine after reading a thread on here a couple of years ago, have since branched out into different boozy options but always buy the complete kit that makes 23 litres (40 pints), for the sake of 15-30 euro for cider or beer or around 50 euro for wine it's very handy to know everything is included in the right amounts and the end product will be worth the wait.

Have a batch of Pilsner that will be ready to bottle in a few days that I'm looking forward to trying as I used liquid malt extract instead of brewing sugar. Also have a few varieties of cider that need to be taste tested, like everything else in the world nothing is getting cheaper so I always buy a good few to cut back on P&P costs. Great hobby.

 

[Drum123]

Id like to get into making home brew , we used to make it as kids but we could never wait long enough to let it finish , allways ended up with the screaming shites.The cider looks pretty fool proof though?

 

[kaboom]

do a search on the net for turbo cider, cheep and easy use honey instead of sugar for better results

 

[BenBhoy]

I make my own, kids pick apples, have a scratter & a press then ferment the juice as above. Added way too much sugar one year & it was about 10% a pint!! I got 2nd place in village show pre covid. This years show end of this month

 

[angusb1]

If you think reloading is expensive and time-consuming it has nothing on the homebrew rabbit hole.

 

[snake_2586]

I make my own, kids pick apples, have a scratter & a press then ferment the juice as above. Added way too much sugar one year & it was about 10% a pint!! I got 2nd place in village show pre covid. This years show end of this month

If you are using apples, it's best to let them fall, sit for about a week, then drop them through the scratter, you shouldn't need to add sugar, 'natural' apple juice will ferment out to about 7% on it's own.

 

[BenBhoy]

If you are using apples, it's best to let them fall, sit for about a week, then drop them through the scratter, you shouldn't need to add sugar, 'natural' apple juice will ferment out to about 7% on it's own.

Agreed mate, ones in garden I let drop. But I get some from few sites & some if I don't get them other folk will!!

 

[snake_2586]

I used to make a bit of cider until I lost interest in that hobby, if anyone is local to me and wants to try some I still have some knocking around.

 

[BenBhoy]

Prohibition rife in rural wilts??

 

[snake_2586]

Prohibition rife in rural wilts??

Once people know you are collection apples, they just keep turning up, every day when I got home from work there were more bags of apples waiting by the door, I reckon I 'processed' the best part of 5 tonne that year (2015) and that was enough to make me not want to do it again for a while, plus I no longer have the pigs to get rid of the pressed pulp.

 

[shakey jake]

I think ive got 20 odd apple trees in tje garden, going to try a few pints this autumn

 

[rab19]

Doing strawberry, cherry and plum wines this year. Works out at £1 a bottle.

Last lot of 2 year old cherry wine tastes like a good Merlot.

Does anyone know which fruit will give a Chablis taste?

 

[Mike_E]

Chablis taste .... Grapes? .......

I'd love to give the brewing a shot but worried it might becomes bit addictive in more than one way!!