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Yeah, good question about the level of final gravity and the possibility of exploding bottles. The way I read it is that the final gravity is relevant to the question of exploding bottles. But it all comes down to just how much of that final gravity is made up of fermentable sugars (e.g. sugars that ...

I'm astounded that you bastards (affectionately) are on this forum all day and all night. I can feel the addiction of brewing grabbing me but I thought that was just beginners enthusiasm. Love your site Oliver.

Anyway, the lid will be on the fermenter start to finish in the future. I've actually ...

Yeah, I'm interested in the question raised by Dogger. What is the likelihood of infection through airborne particles? I am an obsessive compulsive when it comes to sterilising, but reflecting back on my past procedures I always wait a couple of hours before adding the yeast to my newly mixed brews ...

I took Oliver's comments above into consideration, and I just completed putting down my latest brew. It's basically a cider, but it's going to be a close relative of a Stout. My ingredients:

Black Rock Cider mix (x 2 cans)
1 kg Golden Syrup
4 litres of natural apple juice
1.25 kg of Dark Malt
1 kg ...

Much appreciated feedback, thanks Doc (soon-to-be). I'm learning more here than I would in 10 trial and error brews.

I'm not sure what yeast is included with the Black Rock Cider, but I happen to know that some champagne yeast can be used as a substitute for brewing Cider. And these types of yeast ...

crikey, so effectively I've just added another 200g of glucose which won't add sweetness. Oh well, more alcohol I guess.

Anyway, great tip Digger & good to know. Thx

I stumbled upon the forum just now, about 3 days after I started my Black Rock Cider. Seems to be some great advice in the forum regarding cider, in particular the advice to add lactose to the mix in order to avoid ending up with a very, very dry cider.

So typical bull at a gate stuff, I mixed up ...