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can we have more photos and an explanation of your setup? My beer brewing is still very much at the “throw a coopers kit in a big plastic tub and hope for the best” stage.

I think you mean shocking to american sensibilities. Most western countries have similar sorts of food, i.e black pudding in England.

looks much better than my second attempt

what about things like chicken hearts or giblets? They’re delicious in pasta sauce or smoked, what about sausages?

do you have any recommendations for grinders/stuffers? I tried using the kitchenaid attachments and they were beyond useless.

damn, they look good. If you like this you might also like tsatsa

It’s more that Australian trams are different to Euro trams, they weight about twice as much

ABV is the alcohol content.

Bottle carb is having it carbonated (fizzy) in a bottle.

I make it with just apples and a small amount of sugar for bottle conditioning. It’s fairly simple, I juice the apples and stick it in a carboy until the airlock stops bubbling.

never used a pressure cooker so I can’t say, but the slow cooker should be fine. I normally boil the quinces in a big stock pot on the stove until they go a deep orange colour. The liquid can be quite viscous, so depending on the apple/quince ratio you might want to take any SG readings before adding it to the apple must.

I don’t bother pasteurising, just pitch some wine or cider yeast and let it do its thing.

If you’re going to use quinces my suggestion is to boil them down first, as if you were going to eat them. I’ve tried both cooked and uncooked quinces, cider from the cooked ones always tastes better.

I just kept the console on overnight

not really, irc is good enough for me