Hard Apple Cider

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Hard Apple Cider

#1 Post by cyburai » Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:42 pm

Robert Johnson

First Place Winner 1996 Kansas City Bier Miesters' Competiton

1 Gallon Batch

1 Gal. Louisburg Apple Cider
1/2 tsp. Peptic Enzyme Powder
1/2 tsp. Acid Blend
1/4 tsp. Grape Tannin
1/4 tsp. Yeast Nutrient
3 Campden Tablets (2 in the Primary, 1 in the Secondary)
1 pkg. Vinter's Choice Dry Mead Yeast
2 ozs. White Sugar-4 tsp. in 4 ozs. water (Bottling)

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The cider was really quite easy to make. One day my parents dropped off a jug of Louisburg cider. So I threw in the extra ingredients, pitched the yeast, racked it a couple of times, let it clarify, bottled it, and waited three months.

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#2 Post by BourbonDrinker » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:07 am

Does anyone have any extra Peptic Enzyme Powder, Acid Blend, Grape Tannin, Campden Tablets sitting around? I looked at ordering this stuff online, but it was running $12-$14 including shipping (yikes! shipping was more than the supplies).

Since I have some mead in the primary right now I'd like to get a small batch of cider going while I can harvest yeast from my mead...
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#3 Post by Greenblood » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:27 am

I have acid and tannin. no pectic enzyme. I'd skip the campden. It is unnecessary IMHO.
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#4 Post by BourbonDrinker » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:31 am

Can I stop by and pick up the supplies in the next few days?

I'll keep looking for the Pectic elsewhere.

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#5 Post by Joe Yoder » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:45 pm

You might check the Merc. I think that it is used in canning.
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#6 Post by Greenblood » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:33 pm

BourbonDrinker wrote:Can I stop by and pick up the supplies in the next few days?

I'll keep looking for the Pectic elsewhere.

Thanks!
Sure! PM sent with contact info.
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"If your feelings were grapes I would crush them. And then, after fermentation, drink them down. And quite possibly later, throw them up again."

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#7 Post by BourbonDrinker » Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:04 pm

I'm working on my second batch of this recipe now. After 10 days the primary fermentation has stopped so I racked and clarified the cider. Still smells a bit like sulfer/rotten eggs. Should I wait and leave the cider in the secondary for a few weeks to see if the sulfer/rotten egg smell subsides, or if I prime and bottle now will it go away after aging 3-6 months in the bottle?
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#8 Post by Greenblood » Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:07 am

The sulfur smell is very common in cider making. Especially if you used whitelabs cider yeast. I would leave it in secondary, and check on it after a month or two.
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