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Real Cider Forum Forum: Introduce Yourself - Recent Topics http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/forum/introduce-yourself chat about cider and perry making online en-US Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:08:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/search.php jonewer on "Hello" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/hello-1#post-270 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:15:17 +0000 jonewer 270@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hi, I'm an experienced home beer brewer looking to have a bash at cider. Have made some cheap and nasty turbo cider before but next autumn want to make the real thing. No experience with cider making and dont have any kit other than kegs, fermentation buckets etc. Cheers. Bomber on "Hi, New here" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/hi-new-here#post-268 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:58:02 +0000 Bomber 268@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hi new here, keen cider maker/drinker of four years. ATB, B. Fish Legs on "Cider Barrals" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/cider-barrals#post-99 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:07:33 +0000 Fish Legs 99@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hello Cyder lovers this is my 1st post so I ramble on a bit bare with me there will be a point. I’ve been making cyder for a few years now and after making some good but somewhat one dimensional tasting batch’s its time to get a little more serious and get a barrel. Which is the best wood to go for and would it be better to go for used or new? Where can i buy them preferably somewhere in West Country....? jollydale on "Jollydale Cyder" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/jollydale-cyder#post-142 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:12:16 +0000 jollydale 142@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hello everyone, My name is Ginny and my family have been producing Jollydale Cyder in Stamford, Lincolnshire for 9 years now. It started as a little homebrew project and we only ever made just enough to cover the needs of an annual cider party! However, as more people started attending the party, the scale of the cider production started to increase also! It was in 2009 that we took the bold step into selling our craft cider locally and things have been going very well for us as initiatives like "Real Cider" have been promoting the delicious art of craft cider making. So i just wanted to join your forum not only to spread the Jollydale word but also to say thanks for promoting all our products!! terrrrrrrr on "Another newbie..." http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/another-newbie#post-138 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:06:43 +0000 terrrrrrrr 138@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ I'm David, and I live in France. An Ex-pat, I've been here for 6 years. I've enjoyed a drop of Cider for many years, so when we moved here, finding good French cidre has been no task at all. I've joined up thanks to a new friend recommending you via Flickr. I have an ambition to produce my own cidre from the seven x 100 year old Clochard trees I have in my garden. But first I have to sort the trees out properly. They have not been pruned for near on 8 years, and have grown large. They need work on them, and I am a true novice when it comes to doing this task. I have been looking online at various videos and on websites, so I'm slowly learning what I should do. However I'm ALWAYS ready to listen to any advice that any of you may care to offer. terrrrrrrr (David) woolleycider on "Save my cider!" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/save-my-cider#post-130 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:57:11 +0000 woolleycider 130@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Ok, so we pressed our juice on the weekend of 22 October. We were as cautious as we could be about sterilising. We used a slightly modified 110 litre blue food barrel as our fermentation tank (hole drilled in the top for gurgler and a tap in the bottom/side for racking). I initially left the barrel out in the shed to ferment but it was very cold that week and since nothing seemed to be happening I decided to bring it indoors. At this point I should mention that initial tests had shown the juice to have a sugar content of around 18% and a pH of 3.2 which I then brought up to around 3.5 with some precipitated chalk. For various reasons we decided not to add any sulphite at this point but we added cider yeast and nutrient. So, after bringing it indoors and still no obvious activity i checked the barrel and decided the lid wasn't sealed well enough. However, on removing the lid it stank of CO2 which suggested it was fermenting as expected. I managed to seal the lid and sure enough it bubbled. However, after this it only bubbled vigorously for another day or so. This brought us to about a week after pressing. Now, when I push the lid down a bit of gas would come through the gurgler and sure enough it stinks like CO2 should. I tasted it and it is very acidic and cloudy. Testing also reveals that the sugar content has dropped by over half. I'm not sure what to do know. Am worrying about it too much? Should I just let it do its thing? From what I have read, not sulphiting it has left us with an increased chance of malolactic formation which I gather should reduce the acidic taste of it. But, I have also read that it might be worth racking to avoid problems such as 'mousiness'(because of the heavy cloudiness). I'm slightly worried about racking just in case anything nasty gets in. I was thinking about moving it outside when the weather is really cold and racking it then in the hope that the cold will reduce the chance of bad infection. Any tips, thoughts or suggestions for this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks Joe smudge on "Apple Mixes and general Cider questions" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/apple-mixes-and-general-cider-questions-1#post-128 Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:52:25 +0000 smudge 128@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hi let me first say hello to everybody in the forum. This is my first year of pressing and fermenting my apples and is very experimental. I first did two demijohns one of which is a mix of apples given to me type of which is unknown (first lesson learned know your mix as if it turns out nice you aint got a clue about repeating it) Second batch i did was a Bramley Cox's mix of roughly 2/3 cox's and 1/3 Bramleys (second lesson learned write down your ratio's)both of which look and taste pretty good to me so i think iv'e done ok with these so the confidence has grown and i have gone on to do a 20 liter barrel of which i have Braeburns,Spartans and Bramleys. My first question is this, the first reading for this was 1042 and iam using a packet labeled Cider yeast from a local brew shop could anyone comment as to how this will turn out with regards to taste and strength although strength is not my main aim as i think the taste is more important to me. My second is about strength though and if i was to replicate this mix how could i guarantee a higher strength cider. I hope this is posted in the right forum and thanks for any comments CamperVanMan on "Hello" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/hello#post-35 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:53:18 +0000 CamperVanMan 35@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hello Cider Folk I enjoy my cider but living in the Highlands of Scotland makes it difficult to find real cider regularly on tap. Fortunately Blackfriars in my local town, Inverness, has Westons on tap most of the time. I am a local CAMRA member and do my bit for cider lovers by keeping this page as uptodate as I can - <a href="http://highlandcamra.webnode.com/pubs-just-for-you/real-cider-is-served/" rel="nofollow">http://highlandcamra.webnode.com/pubs-just-for-you/real-cider-is-served/</a> Cheers, CVM. Torkard Cider on "Torkard Cider - True, Real, Nottinghamshire Cider." http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/torkard-cider-true-real-nottinghamshire-cider#post-64 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:11:45 +0000 Torkard Cider 64@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ We are artisan craft cider-makers based in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire and uniquely make ciders using Nottinghamshire-grown apples *only*. "We" are a husband and wife team who spend quite a bit of time travelling the UK to visit cider-makers, large and small. We have been making cider for many years but only started to sell our ciders after being talked into it at a CAMRA festival (we are also long-standing CAMRA members) and of course after sorting out the legal formalities. We have so far won 5 "CAMRA Cider of the Festival" awards. We source all of our fruit from inside the county-boundaries of Nottinghamshire, much of the fruit we use we grow ourselves in our garden or small orchard; we have recently planted a further 36 cider-apple varieties and are planting a further 50+ cider-apple varieties this coming 2010 / 2011 winter (the latter are already heeled in and acclimatising, awaiting planting out). We also use fruit collected from other apple-growers and small-holders in Nottinghamshire, as well as wildings and crabs we find growing along the highways and byways of the county. We do not try to copy or ape ciders made in other parts of the UK; our aim is to produce the best clean-tasting ciders we can from locally-grown fruit. oakbarrelcreations on "Coming soon, Oak cider barrels made to order." http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/coming-soon-oak-cider-barrels-made-to-order#post-63 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:25:47 +0000 oakbarrelcreations 63@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hi everyone, Hope im not intruding but i would just like to let you guys know i'll soon be able to make and repair all types of oak barrels/casks for your cider needs once my worskop is complete sometime in august. There ain't many of us guys around now and i'll be the only known qualified cooper in north wales, possibly the whole of wales. Please feel free to mail me with any requests you may have <a href="mailto:info@oakbarrelcreations.co.uk">info@oakbarrelcreations.co.uk</a> <a href="http://www.oakbarrelcreations.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.oakbarrelcreations.co.uk</a> Thank you very much and i hope i can be of help. PS, once i'm in production i will offer the site a fee to advertise for me so we can help each other out. regards pete coates Cyderist on "late fermentation after long cold winter" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/late-fermentation-after-long-cold-winter#post-56 Fri, 07 May 2010 18:17:08 +0000 Cyderist 56@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hello, I,m Ed French from <a href="http://www.checkleybrookcider.co.uk">checkley Brook Cider</a>. I am a small scale producer in Herefordshire. I live and work in Cambridge and sell most of my cider here. Did anyone else have a late fermentation this year because of the long cold winter? Last weekend I took a reading of 1010 gravity when usually my cider is a 1001-3 by this time of year. Lots of sugar still to process. anyone else had this experience? Cheers Ed Roger the Shrubber on "Hitler planted my apple tree" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/hitler-planted-my-apple-tree#post-39 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:15:58 +0000 Roger the Shrubber 39@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ Hi there or might I say "Servus"! I live in deepest Bavaria, near the Alps. I'm a Brit expat influenced by Jamie Oliver and Hugh's stuff. I have these 80 year old apple trees in my garden which according to my local "Gartenbauverein" were orderd to be planted by The Führer himself back in the day when my house was built. nI love these trees - May blossom, autumn apples, full of bees too. It was one of the features of the house - two old apple trees which made me want this place. Every year I harvest the apples, which are known as St James Apples as they come very early, and borrow a mill and press the juice and bottle up the juice. Last year's harvest sadly is still sitting undrank in the cellar as it was too acidic. How might I go about turning this into far more useful CIDER? Jim Callender on "Hello from Real Cider" http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/topic/hello-from-real-cider#post-13 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:07:43 +0000 Jim Callender 13@http://www.real-cider.co.uk/forum/ So, you have found the forum, and want to learn all about apples, cider, and maybe even cider making? Perhaps you have been enjoying cider longer than me, probably! About me - I'm a 30 something techie guy, that loves being outdoors. Currently my day job involves handling various client projects for my web company <a href="http://www.callendercreates.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.callendercreates.com</a> which I am director of. My love of cider was in the early 2000's, when a friend introduced me to the many types of delicious Somerset ciders. Hecks, Wilkins and his own produce were put in front of me, that evening began in a cider appreciation night, and the rest is history. I like to attend as many cider events, festivals as possible. There are a great range of beer and cider festivals, where you will be able to sample the good stuff, perhaps local cider to you. My favourite cider festival is probably Welsh cider festival (<a href="http://bit.ly/453XUK" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/453XUK</a>) every May bank holiday. This year we have also started making our own cider (<a href="http://bit.ly/fVHnN" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/fVHnN</a>) which we hope will encourage our learning of the production process of cider making on a small scale. More details about me and the real cider site here - <a href="http://www.real-cider.co.uk/about-realcider/" rel="nofollow">http://www.real-cider.co.uk/about-realcider/</a> All the best with your cider journey, let's hope we can champion the cider movement together! Jim C. Founder of the Real Cider community web site