Recent content by vince

A while back someone raised a question regarding the use of copper wire in a mash tun build I had posted. They were concerned over the possibility of developing verdigris poisoning by having hot wort come into contact with copper. We've all seen those copper roofs, drains and water lines with a...

Youngs cider yeast

I think you might be right - I checked again yesterday and the SG has dropped to somewhere between 1020 and 1030. I'll leave it another week and check it again then.

Well after a couple of weeks, I think it's finished. The airlock isn't bubbling anymore (it was bubbling at 3-4 per minute for a while) and I've just tested the gravity and it's gone from 1060 at the beginning to 1036. This still seems quite high and whilst it tastes really nice, I was hoping...

I thought it was 1 tablet per gallon?

I'm trying to make my first batch of cider, and on Wednesday I added 5 campden tablets (crushed) to 5 gallons of freshly pressed juice. On Thursday I added 1.5kg of sugar and on Friday I added 1 sachet of cider yeast. Not much was happening but by yesterday there was bubbling/foam appearing on...

Cool, that was what I wanted to know. So roughly how much sugar should I be adding to raise the potential?

So I pressed a load of apples (50kg, 3 different types of eaters, with a small percentage of cookers thrown in) yesterday and I checked the alcohol potential of the juice and I was only getting a reading of 5%. I would have expected this to be higher. I've checked the Hydrometer and it is fine...