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Post by StokieMatt on Sept 4, 2014 9:21:33 GMT
Bought myself a cider brewing kit and wondered if anyone else has made their own? looking for some tips  |
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Post by bathstoke on Sept 4, 2014 9:32:26 GMT
Bought myself a cider brewing kit and wondered if anyone else has made their own? looking for some tips What, U mean you've bought an apple press, messy business... |
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Post by StokieMatt on Sept 4, 2014 9:42:50 GMT
Was going use a juicer for that part
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Post by robstokie on Sept 4, 2014 10:10:44 GMT
Ive made hooch, if that counts...
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Sept 4, 2014 10:31:09 GMT
The best way to find out about making Cider, is use an Apple computer.  |
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Post by ************** on Sept 4, 2014 11:05:08 GMT
I always prefer to buy a couple of orchards first. Just to test the PH levels you understand.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Sept 4, 2014 13:17:43 GMT
Bought myself a cider brewing kit and wondered if anyone else has made their own? looking for some tips I've brewed all manner of things, but never done cider. I looked into it one year as I had a massive glut of apples. As Bathstoke above suggests, I was under the impression that the only ingredient you need is apples, put under pressure through a press to extract the juice. The juice contains all the natural yeasts and sugars needed for the fermentation process. {Commercial cider includes 'stabilizers' and preservatives etc}. And there are plenty of myths/truths about cidermakers adding anything from chicken carcasses to dead rats to give it some 'body' or cloud. There was a programme featuring that moustachioed Dick Strawbridge fella, where he brewed his own, he also made his own non-alcoholic apple juice. The only difference was that he heated the apple juice, to essentially kill the natural yeasts, to stop it fermenting. I'm sure Huge Furry-Willingtool will have something to say on the subject, it may be worth having a scan of the River Cottage web page. I didn't bother with brewing cider, a press was too expensive to justify and a bit too technical to build to spec. It involves a screw to apply the required psi to squeeze the apples through muslincloth to extract the juice. Leaving you with a by-product of a 'cake' of the apple pulp, that's only any good for feeding to pigs. So it's a pretty wasteful process. I don't think a juicer would do the job, and for the amount of juice you'd need you'll require a juicer the size of a bath, or a lot of time and patience. You'd still have to filter it through muslin I reckon. Presumably your 'kit' will include instructions? I'm intrigued by what they say. I wouldn't have thought you can use cartons of apple juice as they will have gone through the heating/stopping process. Is this kit just apple flavoured lager, rather than actual cider? I don't wish to discourage you. I'm very interested in how you go on, and if this 'kit' is practical, please tell me the name of it, I'd love to have a go at it, it's looking like a good apple year. Now then, I'll get back to picking elderberries, and its sloe season soon. Mmmmmm gin.  |
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Post by harryburrows on Sept 4, 2014 20:47:16 GMT
The best way to find out about making Cider, is use an Apple computer. what core processor |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2014 21:10:08 GMT
The best way to find out about making Cider, is use an Apple computer. what core processor  |
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Post by ************** on Sept 4, 2014 21:24:11 GMT
Don't really like the fizzy stuff personally.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I came back to the UK one summer (maybe 2010?) and everybody was drinking the stuff with ice cubes in it. Then I switched the TV on at home and saw the reason why. Who says advertising doesn't work? Excellent campaign, it must be said.
It was the same in 1988 when everybody was drinking Sol with a chunk of lemon wedged in the bottle whilst there was snow on the ground and -2C outside.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2014 21:35:20 GMT
Don't really like the fizzy stuff personally. I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I came back to the UK one summer (maybe 2010?) and everybody was drinking the stuff with ice cubes in it. Then I switched the TV on at home and saw the reason why. Who says advertising doesn't work? Excellent campaign, it must be said. It was the same in 1988 when everybody was drinking Sol with a chunk of lemon wedged in the bottle whilst there was snow on the ground and -2C outside. Exactly so mate ......Cider should be Strong and Still....and not for preference Ice cold advertising as you say does work .....and don't get me started on these flavoured things , Strawberry and Lime Cider for gods sake ! Outlandish  |
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Post by ************** on Sept 4, 2014 21:44:47 GMT
Don't really like the fizzy stuff personally. I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I came back to the UK one summer (maybe 2010?) and everybody was drinking the stuff with ice cubes in it. Then I switched the TV on at home and saw the reason why. Who says advertising doesn't work? Excellent campaign, it must be said. It was the same in 1988 when everybody was drinking Sol with a chunk of lemon wedged in the bottle whilst there was snow on the ground and -2C outside. Exactly so mate ......Cider should be Strong and Still....and not for preference Ice cold advertising as you say does work .....and don't get me started on these flavoured things , Strawberry and Lime Cider for gods sake ! Outlandish With you there Bish.  |
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Post by boskampsflaps on Sept 4, 2014 23:04:28 GMT
Don't really like the fizzy stuff personally. I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I came back to the UK one summer (maybe 2010?) and everybody was drinking the stuff with ice cubes in it. Then I switched the TV on at home and saw the reason why. Who says advertising doesn't work? Excellent campaign, it must be said. It was the same in 1988 when everybody was drinking Sol with a chunk of lemon wedged in the bottle whilst there was snow on the ground and -2C outside. Exactly so mate ......Cider should be Strong and Still....and not for preference Ice cold advertising as you say does work .....and don't get me started on these flavoured things , Strawberry and Lime Cider for gods sake ! Outlandish Pear cider is the way forward, its the only one I can stomach anyway. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2014 23:06:45 GMT
Exactly so mate ......Cider should be Strong and Still....and not for preference Ice cold advertising as you say does work .....and don't get me started on these flavoured things , Strawberry and Lime Cider for gods sake ! Outlandish Pear cider is the way forward, its the only one I can stomach anyway. Hmm....not keen on that either .....anyway surely that is properly called Perry ( Peary ) ? |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Sept 5, 2014 16:50:22 GMT
The best way to find out about making Cider, is use an Apple computer. what core processor You pipped me to it Harry..... |
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Post by ************** on Sept 5, 2014 18:29:06 GMT
You pipped me to it Harry..... Macintosh, Gala or Braeburn? |
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Post by harryburrows on Sept 5, 2014 18:59:00 GMT
went out for lunch last week and enjoyed a pint of Kopparberg , a swedish cider
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Post by harryburrows on Sept 5, 2014 19:12:34 GMT
Don't really like the fizzy stuff personally. I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I came back to the UK one summer (maybe 2010?) and everybody was drinking the stuff with ice cubes in it. Then I switched the TV on at home and saw the reason why. Who says advertising doesn't work? Excellent campaign, it must be said. It was the same in 1988 when everybody was drinking Sol with a chunk of lemon wedged in the bottle whilst there was snow on the ground and -2C outside. Exactly so mate ......Cider should be Strong and Still....and not for preference Ice cold advertising as you say does work .....and don't get me started on these flavoured things , Strawberry and Lime Cider for gods sake ! Outlandish get a life you doddery old fool  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2014 19:30:01 GMT
Exactly so mate ......Cider should be Strong and Still....and not for preference Ice cold advertising as you say does work .....and don't get me started on these flavoured things , Strawberry and Lime Cider for gods sake ! Outlandish get a life you doddery old fool Old and doddery and perhaps senile I may be ( like you ) .....but drinking those type of Ciders dose not constitute having a life Harry  |
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Post by harryburrows on Sept 5, 2014 19:32:50 GMT
get a life you doddery old fool Old and doddery and perhaps senile I may be ( like you ) .....but drinking those type of Ciders dose not constitute having a life Harry ive had the type of cider you prefer 2x1/2 pints , crawl home and spend next day in a darkened room |
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Post by scfcwebby on Sept 5, 2014 19:33:01 GMT
Don't really like the fizzy stuff personally. I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I came back to the UK one summer (maybe 2010?) and everybody was drinking the stuff with ice cubes in it. Then I switched the TV on at home and saw the reason why. Who says advertising doesn't work? Excellent campaign, it must be said. It was the same in 1988 when everybody was drinking Sol with a chunk of lemon wedged in the bottle whilst there was snow on the ground and -2C outside. Exactly so mate ......Cider should be Strong and Still....and not for preference Ice cold advertising as you say does work .....and don't get me started on these flavoured things , Strawberry and Lime Cider for gods sake ! Outlandish To be fair there is a swedish, strawberry and lime cider in aldi, also a wild berry one that are beautiful! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2014 20:12:35 GMT
Old and doddery and perhaps senile I may be ( like you ) .....but drinking those type of Ciders dose not constitute having a life Harry ive had the type of cider you prefer 2x1/2 pints , crawl home and spend next day in a darkened room Yes that's the type I like. .....but it takes a few more to have that effect ..  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2014 20:14:47 GMT
Exactly so mate ......Cider should be Strong and Still....and not for preference Ice cold advertising as you say does work .....and don't get me started on these flavoured things , Strawberry and Lime Cider for gods sake ! Outlandish To be fair there is a swedish, strawberry and lime cider in aldi, also a wild berry one that are beautiful! As in everything it's each to their own mate ......As has been pointed out I'm a doddering old fool who is stuck in his ways |
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Post by scfcwebby on Sept 5, 2014 20:23:49 GMT
To be fair there is a swedish, strawberry and lime cider in aldi, also a wild berry one that are beautiful! As in everything it's each to their own mate ......As has been pointed out I'm a doddering old fool who is stuck in his ways I agree with you on the whole, I don't like kopperberg or any other fruity cider but that one is quite nice. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2014 20:32:23 GMT
As in everything it's each to their own mate ......As has been pointed out I'm a doddering old fool who is stuck in his ways I agree with you on the whole, I don't like kopperberg or any other fruity cider but that one is quite nice. It's just that I prefer Cider to taste as it should ....like Cider .....times have changed I suppose |
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Post by scfcwebby on Sept 5, 2014 20:36:37 GMT
I agree with you on the whole, I don't like kopperberg or any other fruity cider but that one is quite nice. It's just that I prefer Cider to taste as it should ....like Cider .....times have changed I suppose I do like a good cornish scrumpy while I am down at our caravan |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2014 20:40:26 GMT
It's just that I prefer Cider to taste as it should ....like Cider .....times have changed I suppose I do like a good cornish scrumpy while I am down at our caravan Fine stuff .....there are a couple that I've enjoyed in Devon while on holiday .....Toe Curler and Cripple Cock ..... |
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Post by scfcwebby on Sept 5, 2014 21:06:59 GMT
I do like a good cornish scrumpy while I am down at our caravan Fine stuff .....there are a couple that I've enjoyed in Devon while on holiday .....Toe Curler and Cripple Cock ..... And what about the cider? |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2014 21:10:45 GMT
Fine stuff .....there are a couple that I've enjoyed in Devon while on holiday .....Toe Curler and Cripple Cock ..... And what about the cider? That as well |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Sept 5, 2014 22:21:54 GMT
When first met the mrs she was living in Burton Bradstock just outside Bridport. The. locals in the Dove Inn would drink pints of real scrumpy with a shot of gin on top. Bloody loopy juice. Excise Duty was not payable in those days, 1976, so remember scrumpy was around 30p a pint.
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