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The OG was 1061 and it stopped bubbling the day before I first tested it. That was the second test and they were bothe the same fg 48 hours apart.

The temp was mostly 22c it got up to 25 for a day but otherwise It was pretty good. It's a bit clearer today so I think I will bottle tomorrow.

Just too second reading today, 48 hours after first because I forgot yesterday (oops) and its sitting at 1006 down from 1061.

It's as clear as a frosted pane of glass but that might settle with age but it is very like wine at the moment. A harsh alcoy type taste. I added the bag of pear flavoring ...

Cheers for the advice, I just put it down.

The kit is a Mangrove jack british pear cider.

The recipe is as follows
Kit
6ltrs of aldi brand apple juice
1kg raw suger
Us-05

I remember the guy saying it was fairly sweet normally so I figured I'd go without lactose and see how it turns out, I can ...

Cheers that helps. The kits are just standard k&k's but with the adding of the juice and the booster bag I probably won't need to add a whole kilo of fermentable, probably 500-750g as I don't want it to be to alco to start off with

Hi all,

Just bottled my GB and I'm thinking cider is up next. I don't mind a drier cider but I would prefer something a bit sweeter.

I have an apple and a pear kit and I was wondering if anyone has done a half half brew with the kits. I could just use half of each then whack the rest in the ...