Given that it's apple harvest time, I'll be making a turbo cider. This should hopefully be ready to drink for Christmas.
The recipe really couldn't be simpler, ideal for beginners.
Ingredients:
- Lidl Cloudy Apple Juice - 23 Litres @ €1.25 each
- Cider Yeast with Sweetener - €1.05 from MyBeerAndWine
That's it!
My Bountiful Harvest |
Simply pour all of the cider into a fermenter, in my case, a 23 litre Cooper's fermenter, pitch the yeast and wait.
The apple juice doesn't foam up nearly as much as a beer wort, so hopefully the yeast will activate quicker than it did with my previous lager brew.
The apple juice doesn't foam up nearly as much as a beer wort, so hopefully the yeast will activate quicker than it did with my previous lager brew.
Apple Juice to Cider - Freshly Pitched Yeast |
My Starting Gravity reading came out at 1050, which should give me a final alcohol strength of around 6%, I think this is strong enough for a first batch. If the taste is OK I may try to bump this up in future batches.
Starting Gravity Hydrometer Reading of 1050 |
I sanitised my fermenter using the No-Rinse solution recommended on Beoir.org - Bleach As A No Rinse Sanitiser thread, as per my last bottling day. If you follow this method, make sure to use Thin Bleach, I used Thick Bleach this time and it takes a lot of rinsing to get rid of the smell of bleach.
Solution:
Solution:
- 23 Litres of Water
- 30ml of Thin Bleach - Frangrance Free
- 30ml of Vinegar