Hard Apple Cider
Ingredients
1 gal of fresh apple juice
1 pound (approximate) sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons acid blend
1/2 teaspoon pectic enzyme
1/4 teaspoon tannin
1 teaspoon yeast nutrient
1 crushed camden tablet
Preparation
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1. Put juice in primary fermentor, add camden tablet and pectic enzyme.
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1a. Starting SG should be about 1.090.
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3. Wait 24 hours and pitch yeast. Recover primary.
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4. Stir daily and check SG.
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5. When SG is 1.040 (3-5 days) rack to secondary and airlock.
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6. When ferment is complete (approx. 3 weeks) rack and airlock again.
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7. Rack off sediment again in 2 months and again if necessary until wine is clear before bottling.
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8. You may want to add an anti-oxidant at bottling.
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Yield:
1.0 servings
Added:
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 8:03pm
