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| Gents |
Posted - 01/11/2004 : 10:44:22
Not to be confused with "Burrow Hill Cider", the forum's Al Caholic made his debut cider this weekend, and early signs are that it's going to be delicious. Me and Lord Lucan went along to see how he was getting on yesterday, and i'll put some photos and comments on the homepage later this week. A quite different method was used from the HMZ way last year so it was a very useful learning experience for me. And my hands are still completely black.
ZIDER! |
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| Gents |
Posted - 24/08/2005 : 20:17:39
I filtered off the final cider last week, its really clear, very bitter, but quite drinkable, although i haven't drank it in a large enough quantity to give a verdict as to whether it may be fatal or not, but i will keep you all posted (or if you never hear from me again, you'll know whats happened)
ZIDER |
| Gents |
Posted - 12/07/2005 : 12:48:39
We pressed it at the end of october but the demijohn i took home with me never really got going at all, i thought at the time it was because my house would vary from either being boiling or freezing, when it was hot loads of froth would pour out the top, then when it got cold things just seized up. Now its a much more regular temperature things seem to be happening.
ZIDER |
| Ivanhoe Martin |
Posted - 12/07/2005 : 10:49:52
That's really interesting. Let us know how it goes. How long has it been stopped for? It must be months mustn't it? |
| Gents |
Posted - 12/07/2005 : 09:24:23
My cider saga has continued into it's 9th month, and things are looking up! I poured the juice into a clean demi-john last week and added a bit more yeast (and sugar), the juice still tastes pretty good. Returned home from another weekends adventuring to find a steady stream of bubbles coming through the airlock! woooooo-hooooo! And remember: "Farmers preferred a slow fermentation because it gave a better product." This is going to be the most epic and strange cider ever produced.
ZIDER |
| Gents |
Posted - 04/07/2005 : 16:22:24
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Originally posted by Gents
There is hope for my gallon of cider! This morning i read this in "Cidermaking" book by Michael B Quinion:
"It was not uncommon for the casks to go silent for six weeks or longer in the coldest part of winter, only to start fermenting again in the warmer weather of early spring. Farmers preferred a slow fermentation because it gave a better product."
I will hang on to the cider and hope for a fine, slow-fermented brew ready for the summer!
ZIDER!
I returned home from Plymouth this weekend to find the amount of juice in my demi-john's airlock seemed to have increased, and even thought i saw a bubble come out... will have a closer inspection tonight but with any luck things may have sparked off again!!
ZIDER |
| Ivanhoe Martin |
Posted - 26/01/2005 : 14:57:49
Good news about the Berrow Hill. Congratulations Al. See you at the Big Apple?
Ours (having fermented quickly in the kitchen) is now chilling outdoors. It will be racked off for the second time in a couple of weeks. It tasted pretty decent when we racked it off last time, so I'm hoping it's at least as nice now.
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| Gents |
Posted - 26/01/2005 : 14:23:22
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Originally posted by Jack the Hat
Well, I had my first gallon delivered last week, and I have to say it's pretty damn tasty. Not bad for a first effort, and hopefully we'll increase the production next time round - Al, get a bigger house.
If Al can get as many of those juicy apples as last time and HMZ get our equipment & new cider house sorted we'll happily help with pressing and storage. Production could certainly be increased.
Cant wait to try some Berrow Hill myself.
ZIDER! |
| Tharg drinker of cider |
Posted - 26/01/2005 : 12:56:57
It's looking very encouraging! My own own batch of Thames Cider is still bubbling away slowly, and smells fantastic. We've had good reports so far from the others who went for a quicker brew, and have racked off already.
And you will know us by the trail of empties.... |
| Jack the Hat |
Posted - 26/01/2005 : 11:19:31
Well, I had my first gallon delivered last week, and I have to say it's pretty damn tasty. Not bad for a first effort, and hopefully we'll increase the production next time round - Al, get a bigger house.
The Glastonbury apples did the job, producing a medium dry scrump of a fine colour, which after a couple of glasses (didn't want to risk a pint to start off with) gave me a pretty good ideal of the alcohol content, which is I reckon at least 6%  . Bargain. Just need some barrells for next time so to avoid the very subtle plastic aftertaste from the fermentation bins...
I'd even stick my neck out and say this has the potential to be better than Riches - it's already better than that Thatchers nonsense. It went down very well with the non zider drinkers in my house too, so time to start distributing it to the masses. |
| Gents |
Posted - 30/12/2004 : 10:24:24
There is hope for my gallon of cider! This morning i read this in "Cidermaking" book by Michael B Quinion:
"It was not uncommon for the casks to go silent for six weeks or longer in the coldest part of winter, only to start fermenting again in the warmer weather of early spring. Farmers preferred a slow fermentation because it gave a better product."
I will hang on to the cider and hope for a fine, slow-fermented brew ready for the summer!
ZIDER! |
| Gents |
Posted - 24/12/2004 : 09:34:04
Happy Christmas and merry new year to everyone too. Your 3 gallons of Orchards has given me another idea for a topic...
ZIDER! |
| Tharg drinker of cider |
Posted - 23/12/2004 : 09:50:19
Maybe you're getting it too hot? Stick it in the garden/on the roof/on an outside windowsill. The cold won't hurt it, if anything, your cider will benefit from a long, slow fermentation. That link was longer than the information it contained, it was just a brewing supply company catalogue.
May I take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy Christmas, and a prosperous New Year. Looking forward to next year's pressings and tastings. I'm off to the Lake District today, with a 3 gallon manucube of Orchard's Kingston Black to help tide me over the holiday. Where ever you all pitch up, have a good one!
And you will know us by the trail of empties.... |
| Gents |
Posted - 23/12/2004 : 08:26:07
That may well be the longest link ever, and after carefully copying and pasting it into my address bar ive found that website is blocked by my work PC as well (is nothing safe?)! I'll have a look later at what that is exactly.
I have added 2 lots of yeast, fairly large quantities. 1st time i put some yeast in the cider one morning, my house gets really hot during the day and i came home to find the cider bubbling away crazily... but the house gets really cold at night and the next morning it was hardly bubbling at all. Morning after it had stopped. So i put some more in to get it going a few days later and it started off again, but stops overnight. Im sure its just because the temperature in my house is all over the place, and its freezing at night, from what i understand youve gotta keep cider and a pretty constant temperature but for the sake of 1 gallon it wasn't really cost effective keeping the house heated all night. When we make 100's of gallons and have our own house next year it'll be a different story!
ZIDER! |
| Tharg drinker of cider |
Posted - 22/12/2004 : 18:17:17
Gents, I'm still convinced you can make a servicable cider from that juice of yours. Try adding a yeast nutrient: (Is this the longest link ever?) www.art-of-brewing.co.uk/acatalog/AoB_OnLine_Catalogue_Yeast__Nutrient___Enzymes______35.html&CatalogBody" target="_blank">http://www.art-of-brewing.co.uk/acatalog/intro.html?http%3A//www.art-of-brewing.co.uk/acatalog/AoB_OnLine_Catalogue_Yeast__Nutrient___Enzymes______35.html&CatalogBody
Or maybe add some more yeast.
And you will know us by the trail of empties.... |
| Gents |
Posted - 17/12/2004 : 11:04:38
Hello JJJ, yes it is Bloody Sunday - weve been chatting about it here: http://www.hannahmorezider.co.uk/new_forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=954 im not touching that dodgy Thatchers stuff, the last pint Lord Lucan had was terrible.
Tharg, no my cider is beyond saving i think. Its not doing anything.
ZIDER! |
