Brewmaker Cider Deluxe ????

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Cheers guys.
I waited a while then gave it a good spin and here's the result.
I reckon I'll bottle it tomorrow evening?

[Ciderhead]

Just to let you know cider can drop to 1 or below!

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Bottled her up there this evenin ... Bought the bottles from Alpack in Sandyford, Caps from Homebrewwest and designed the label from a template off the internet.

I took the first photo as I was thinking "Ah Jaysis, I'm really not in the mood for this!"
As you can see by the end I was happy ....

[Greg2013]

You must have been really happy because all the pics are upside down m8 

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

You must have been really happy because all the pics are upside down m8 

damn iPhone!!!   

[LordEoin]

They look great!
Good luck getting the labels off though

JohnRm had a great tip to use milk as the adhesive for labels. They just fall off later with a soak

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

I just used pritstick, comes with a dab of hot water . . . nice and easy 

[LordEoin]

And it tastes great... 

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

And it tastes great... 

Most Importantly!!!

[johnrm]

What's the deal with the bath and gloves?
Scene from Breaking Bad?

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

The bottles were soaking in the LIDL W5 solution . . . Gloves are to protect my most important tools 

I'd be loaded if I could brew up what they were cooking in Breaking Bad rather than a Cider Kit, thats for sure!!!!

[johnrm]

...and cleans the bath too, your missus must love you!

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

yeah, shes delighted that since I've started homebrewing I also clean the bat for her

[Ciderhead]

Builders buckets, ya know them:), will fit twenty and half a teaspoon followed by an inch of water out of a kettle to activate and sort out the real crud at the bottom.
I cheat I use my keggle for the hot water.
then tap water to the brim and leave overnight.
Big wash with those bottles afterwards.
Much easier than washing body parts down the plug hole.
If any of your brews taste like TCP you'll know you haven't rinsed enough.

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Now where could I buy a builders bucket? hmmmm .....

I made sure to give them a good rinse under the cold tap in the bath and after they got a good blast in the bottle rinser too with the water, bleach and vinegar solution.