Stewie Rivers Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Hi Guys, Have got a brigalow cider can to go into Fv. I also have 1Kg BE1 which I was going to use and Kit yeast. This will be my first cider so some input as to what I might expect would be welcome. Stewie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FraserH Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 I made the brig cider a few weeks back and I highly recommend it, I used just plain white sugar and it turned out great I was told by my local home brew shop to put the brig cider with the black rock cider with 1 kg sugar, so thats the next one i try Good luck with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 I make alot of ciders but i use either orchard fruit Apple/Pear cold press no preserv no sugar supermarket apple or reconstituted juice no preserv no sugar and i find alot of yeasts work well with the cider. dditions i have made recently 250g of strwberries to 4.5 litres. stick of cinnamon and a cap i real vanilla essence to an apple. Have just bottle a grape brew that had 200grams of dextrose in it and used a lager yeast, tasted morish.. You can brew cider straight in the 2 litre bottles etc with just the caps loosened off. I always have 5 litre jugs of it on the go. Lemme know if you want to see a couple of my vids on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenP13 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Will be interested to hear how this Brigalow cider kit turns out. I have got the Coopers lager brewing at the moment which will be done in a few days, and thinking of making this next. I think the easiest and fastest way to make cider is to buy 'Oztops' for $25 and you just add yeast to a bottle of juice and stick the oztop on, in 3 days it is ready. But im not sure how it would taste compared to brewing in a proper kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewie Rivers Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 Thanks guys, I will try it as is and let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ3 Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Hi guys, I put down 2 brigalow ciders with 1kg dextrose a few weeks ago, have done the same way before with pleasing results[biggrin] [happy] just remember that it really benefits from some age, first time I made it it tasted OK after a month but after about 3-5 months it was much better. Just in time for summer me thinks. I have also added a 2 litre apple juice which was worth doing, sweetened it up a bit, without it is more of a dry cider, which may suit you anyway. If you put juice in it should be preservative free or can mess with fermentation.[pinched] good luck with it![joyful] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I will be cracking my apple cranberry brew on Friday night thats been sitting a couple of weeks, it tasted nice after it fermented out. Heres a Vid i did to show a mate how easy it is to do apple cider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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