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I have heard of people having LOTS of issues in terms of adding the cordial pre bottling due to the preservatives killing off the yeast....

Actually thinking of making a carbonated alcoholic base with some sugar and some coopers kit yeast lying around, bottling it and then mixing it with cordial in ...

The missus just found some longnecks of a spiced cider I made her a while back and wants to use them as a base for a punch for Christmas day..

It was a brigalow kit cider + 1kg dex, my notes mention the follow spices.

"Preboil in 8L of water - 130 roughly chopped ginger, 3 cinnamon sticks, and ...

Once the primary fermentation has finished, the CO2 will continue to leave the solution, and therefore make your test samples seem flat.

Not a problem though, afterall you don't need to worry about carbonation until you bottle/keg.

I've made a couple myself...

First one was with a coopers canadian blonde tin, 1kg BE1, 500g LDME and 1kg in total of honey......my notes say:

Preboil in 2L of water - 4 cinnamon sticks, 8 cloves, 500g Honey, 500g LDME - 20min boil, RACKED ONTO 500g honey dissolved in ~500ml water on the 9/10 ...

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Thank you, now I need to clean up the coke I just spat on the laptop....

That reminded me of my old man, who has a catch phrase of "Don't force it, get the bigger hammer".........

Flameout it is......

At risk of raising the dead thread with this post....

I am planning on doing my first attempts at hopping and steeping once I have some empty fermenters, I wanted to use the recipe posted on the first page but one part has me mildly confused...



15.00 gm Cascade [5.50 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops ...

What volume did you make it up??

It may be lacking in body and somewhat high in Alc%, but still drinkable.

Hey, you found it, fair and square...

Legally it's still Lion Nathan's, then again, most milk crates legally belong to someone, same for bread crates...

I was having a chat regarding these with the wife earlier today, I wanted one as part of a planned AG setup, she suggested swiping it from the ...

I don't see photos......

Make a boiler out of it.

$3 a pop???

I can buy them for under $2 at the local hospitality store.....

Am I the only one who is disappointed that we aren't on top????

My cider has recently come to a drinkable state.

Used the Brigalow cider kit, plus 1kg Coopers Dex, fermented at 26 for 6 days.

Bottled 48 330ml Stubbies with one Coopers Carb Drop each, tried one after two weeks as a tester, was flat and tasted funny.

Now at 3 weeks in the bottle it has carbed ...

Good point on Camperdown Cellars...

I used to live across the road from the one on Kingston, like the view out my bedroom window was the bottle-o....


Unfortunately, those were the days I thought the Carlton Cold shots with the added shot of vodka were good.....

Welcome to the suburb....... :P

I get any commercials I buy from Vintage Cellars on Parra Rd. The crew in there are great and if you like something they once stocked, they will get it back in for you if you promise to buy it, well, they do for me:D

That said, my 20 month old daughter is on a ...

Ask and ye shall receive

Vintage on Parramatta Rd in Stanmore has some in the coolroom at the same price too....

Was considering grabbing one, maybe tomorrow.

Personally speaking, the hydrometer that I got with the Coopers kit I purchased came with a clear plastic tube with plastic caps for the ends...

I have been using that for now, need to invest in a measuring flask....