Cider making
May. 27th, 2007 11:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mrsbrownToday I finally had the time in which to put together a cider brew. This will mean I don't have to change the water in our barrel.
I made it from scratch and the ingredients are as follows;
25 litres of apple juice from Aldi
1kg Coopers Brew enhancer 2 (Dextrose, light malt and Maltodextrin)
1kg Dextrose
500g lactose
Redstar Premier Cuvee wine yeast, dissolved in 1/4 cup warm water.
I melted the sugar in about 4 litres of boiling water and then put in the apple juice. It was about 27 degrees, so I left it until it was 23degree and then pitched the yeast.
I forgot to hydrometer the mix before I pitched the yeast, but the apple juice had a reading of 1040 and the calculator online suggests that means a final alcohol content of about 8.5%. I want it quite alcoholic, 'cos that'll kill off that nasty lactobacillus I've had lately.
Cleaning out the fermenter was fun. there was a lot of slimy black stuff in the tap that I didn't notice until I thought I had finished sterilising. I had to pull apart the tap to get it all out.
I made it from scratch and the ingredients are as follows;
25 litres of apple juice from Aldi
1kg Coopers Brew enhancer 2 (Dextrose, light malt and Maltodextrin)
1kg Dextrose
500g lactose
Redstar Premier Cuvee wine yeast, dissolved in 1/4 cup warm water.
I melted the sugar in about 4 litres of boiling water and then put in the apple juice. It was about 27 degrees, so I left it until it was 23degree and then pitched the yeast.
I forgot to hydrometer the mix before I pitched the yeast, but the apple juice had a reading of 1040 and the calculator online suggests that means a final alcohol content of about 8.5%. I want it quite alcoholic, 'cos that'll kill off that nasty lactobacillus I've had lately.
Cleaning out the fermenter was fun. there was a lot of slimy black stuff in the tap that I didn't notice until I thought I had finished sterilising. I had to pull apart the tap to get it all out.
