The time has come to bottle the cider. It has been sitting in a cool dark place for a while now and has cleared nicely. In the photo you can see the demijohn which is ready for bottling on the right and a second demijohn of cider which I started off at the weekend on [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Homemade Cider – Update 3
Posted in Cider, Homebrew on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Homemade Wort Chiller
Posted in Beer, Homebrew, tagged Beer, Homebrew, homebrew beer, wort chiller on November 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have decided that making beer from kits is fine, but it would be much better to make up my own recipes using malt extract, speciality grains and hops. To do this you need to boil the wort and the hops, and then cool it rapidly down to 20°C. To do this you can either [...]
Nettle Beer – The Taste Test
Posted in Beer, Homebrew, tagged Beer, Homebrew, nettle, nettle beer on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well last night I placed a bottle of nettle beer in the fridge to chill in readiness for a tasting tonight. It was a tense moment as I eased open the bottle, I was also very brave in opening it at the dining room table rather than at the sink. Fortunately I was greeted with [...]
Homemade Cider – Update 2
Posted in Cider, tagged Cider, home made, Homebrew, homemade cider on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The cider making progresses.
Nettle Beer – Update
Posted in Beer, Homebrew on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, that was a success, not! The yeast had settled in to the neck of the upside down bottles, yet when I eased a bottle open whilst holding it upside down some of the yeast did splurge out but it also erupted upwards into the body of the bottle as the pressure released. I have [...]
Nettle Beer
Posted in Beer, Homebrew, tagged Beer, Homebrew, homebrew beer, nettle beer on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Having to deal with very fizzy nettle beer.
Homemade Cider – Update 1
Posted in Cider on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After just one day the cider is bubbling away merrily and I thought I would upload a video showing the rate at which it is fermenting. Fortunately it hasn’t gone berserk and blown a load of liquid out through the airlock.
Home Made Cider
Posted in Cider, tagged Cider, Homebrew on November 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have been going through a bit of a homebrew phase lately with nettle beer, mead, lager and bitter on the go. I have also decided to have a go at making cider.
