This week I have been mostly modifying Apple Juice

sounds superbe, alot of the ol' boys this way still babble in abitof the ol' moonshine... never good being hammered at 10am ;D ;D ;D ;D

only thing you'll see bubbling here



;D ;D ;D

Buy 6 litres of the Freeway Iron Brew.
bring to the boil 3.5litres to boil off the carbon dioxide already present and any preservatives.
Allow to cool.

While still warm add as much honey, brewers sugar or brown sugar as you want to allow it to disolve. I only added a few tablespoons as it is coloured sugared water anyway.

Add 1 teaspoon beer/cider/wine/champagne yeast to a demijohn with an optional teaspoon of yeast nutrient to boost fermentation and teaspoon of optional pectolase to aid clearing.
When the Iron brew syrup is cool add it to the demijohn. Fit bung with airlock.
Sit expectantly waiting for it to start to bubble.
If you add 4.5 litres to a demijohn at once there is always a risk of it bubbling up through the airlock and making a right mess.

After a couple of days the initial big woosh will have subsided, so you can add the other litre to the demijohn after boiling and cooling.
Put the bung back in and watch it start again.

This is my first batch of this, so no idea how it will turn out, but one of the guys on the Jims Beer Kit forums made it which was my inspiration. He said his was like a medium dry white wine with an aftertaste of IrnBru.

He reckoned killing the fermentation would have kept more flavour and made it less wine like but I will see how it goes.

I do have a hydrometer, but I haven't checked the gravity before or after yet, and there is plenty activity in it yet.

I'm just going to leave it until the glops are between 1 and 2 minutes apart and stay regular without change for a couple of days, then rack it into a second demijohn until it clears.

After that I plan to rack it into PET bottles with 20g of sugar in each to carbonate and then hopefully have enough cider in standby to not need to touch it for long enough for proper flavours to mellow.

Should be fun.

Cola Hooch is always good. Same method but with cheapo cola.

Had been thinking of a Redbull-based brew - but it's pricey stuff to mess up

I have been having a go at home brew , first few batches have been ok , just basic bitters and lagers as I am new to the game, was thinking about trying something a bit different so may give it a try !

I've never done any cider, but if there's one major tip for home-brewing, it's that they definitely do improve with age. For beer you want to leave them in a dark place at room temperature for at least a month, preferably 6 weeks or more. I would imagine that cider would similarly improve for at least the first month or two.

I have tried that cola in cold form and it was propper nasty!

I gave some to my son, who greatfully drank a big gulp of the stuff and then spat it all back onto the kitchen floor. I am not a cruel parent honest lol!

Lewis

See I really liked it. Managed to go through a 2 litre bottle in less than a day.

But I like Tesco cola generally.

Meatballturbo; reading with interest. What's your plan to get rid of the yeast? I did some Boots home brew kits years ago and you had to go through some finings procedure to clear the yeast out of the booze. When I bottled the beer up I remember it made more yeast in the bottle and when I opened them it all ended up in the drink. How do you get rid of it?

have 15 litres i started today , have left it to brew so hopefully when i get back from classic le mans i might have 15 litres of cider and not cider vinager!