Real Cider Forum Forum: Cider Recipes

Real Cider Forum Forum: Cider Recipes - Recent Topics http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/forum/cider-recipes chat about cider and perry making online en-US Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:53:55 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/search.php delancepants on "'Cider' Without Apples?" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/cider-without-apples#post-182 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:47:32 +0000 delancepants 182@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hi everyone, I wonder if you can help? My husband and I have just moved to a very remote part of India where there is little alcohol available, just some awful whiskey and young wine that's barely drinkable! My husband is currently making a spirit from pineapple, but it's very strong, so.....we've been looking for a relatively simple and quick way to make something less strong. Cider would be perfect, and the process seems quite straight forward, however, most of the apples here are imported and so expensive! But there are local fruits available through the year, currently passion fruit and guava. What we want to know is...is it possible to use the cider process to make an alcoholic drink from fruits other than apples or pears? From our brief investigation online, it seems all mixed fruit ciders contain either apples or pears. Are we to conclude from this that it's impossible to successfully use the cider process without them? Thanks in advance for your help! Lia Ian on "STOPPING FERMENTATION?" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/stopping-fermentation#post-281 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:19:04 +0000 Ian 281@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ First Post - I've been making cider and perry for quite a few years now with decent results. I've always gone for the traditional, "natural" approach i.e. put the juice in a shed, leave the natural yeats to do their work, rack it in February and drink it "when the first cuckoo sings". The result is a strong but very dry drink. This year I wondered whether to stop the fermentation at a certain point in order (I assume)to get a slightly sweeter drink. This years juice, which is slowly fermenting away at present, started with an OG of 1060. I'd be grateful for any advice based on others experience. 1. Should I stop the fermentation, if so with what? (Campden Tablet?) 2. When should I stop it? presumebably when the SG reaches some figure, if so what is it? 3. Any downsides or pitfalls? Cheers apple bob on "No activity" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/no-activity#post-253 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:02:58 +0000 apple bob 253@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hello, This is my first year at cider making and I've got problems. Fermentation seems to have ceased after two weeks. I've got siz fermentation buckets with airlocks stuck in the top, through gromets in plastic lids. In each, I've got apples juice with champagne yeast added. Two of the six were fermenting steadily - not the vigorous frothing that I've read about but there was certainly activity - a bubble a minute or so. But the others - nothing. The lids of these have bulged out but the air must be getting out (and mabe in) somewhere. I think it's around the gromets and have tried sealing with silicone without any luck. I've got a few ideas of other things I can do. I was thinking about punching a larger hold through and dropping a rubber stopper through. But, as I said the big problem seems to be that the two that were doing something have stopped in the last day or so (the house is no colder). I've lifted the lids for a peek at these two (the buckets are opaque) and there's definitely bubbles on the surface and I can't see signs of an acidy clear film. When I tested the SG it worked out to be a potential alcohol of 6% (I can look up the exact figure) and one book I've read says I need to add sugar to get it up to 9% but I'm not sure why. Anyway, my big questions is am I on the slippery slide to vinegar, why has it slowed almost to a halt? And why hasn;t it frothed over like crazy? Any help or advice would be MUCK appreciated. Cheers, Adam traffic76 on "Cider Newbie" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/cider-newbie#post-172 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:26:32 +0000 traffic76 172@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hi folks, I'm hoping here is the place I can get some answers to a few questions I have about my first cider making experiment. I've just pressed 5 gallons of fresh apple juice into one drum but I'm uncertain of exactly how many Camden tablets I should throw in. I've read somewhere that you put in 1 tablet per gallon but is 5 too many? Also after this is solved I'm just wondering how much yeast I should put in. Again I've read somewhere about 1 teaspoon but gallon but I've also read one sachet per 5 gallon... big difference! Could anybody here help me before I ruin the lot. Thanks in advance, Nigel Cathy on "Problem with first cider making" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/problem-with-first-cider-making#post-117 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:38:58 +0000 Cathy 117@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hi we are making our first batch of cider. We wanted to do it naturally but after 10 days of fermentation we can see some mould growing on the froth. Does anyone know if we can rescue it? Thanks