agent44

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Haven't made this yet, just waiting for my nottingham to come in, it's on back order.
4 gallons of Walmart brand apple juice
1 gallon of cran/raspberry cocktail ( no preservatives )
2 lt of raspberry cocktail
5 bags of Canadian breakfast tea
5 bags of raspberry zinger tea
One pound of sugar
Enough water to dissolve sugar
Nutrient
Peptic Enzyme
Frozen raspberries

I plan on boiling water and making a strong tisane with the tea, then dissolve sugar in the tea and add to primary. Then add all apple and cran/rasp juice on top of tea. Rehydrate the yeast and pitch. Let it ferment dry and rack onto thawed raspberries. I'm hoping for a dry tart raspberry flavor. I may consider adding the juice of a few key limes as that's what I have on hand for a little added acidity. Anyhow this hasn't started yet so I am open to any suggestions.

agent44

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Woohoo my Notty came in today, so if all goes well I'll make this up tomorrow.

agent44

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Well a couple days became longer, I just pitched the yeast an hour ago. According to my hydrometer this will end up around 6% seems about right for a cider.

agent44

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Just racked over to secondary today on top of a pound and a half of frozen and thawed raspberries, the cider tastes amazing right now, even for how young it is, it's very smooth, on the dry side and goes down easy... Can't wait to carb up! I'll rack in a week or so and bottle with priming sugar. So exited to try this bubbly!

agent44

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My first experience with Notty, it was great, all the yeast stayed on the bottom of the bucket and didn't get disturbed by the racking, the cider is quite clear, and tastes nice. I'll post a pic of some in a glass tomorrow. Oh and a correction it was four and a half gallons of apple juice.

Tbhooptie

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nice.. thinking of giving it a go. Have never made a cider before... Wanna try one for the upcoming holidays.

Crimsonwine

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Any update? and can you clarify "tastes nice"...is it sweet, semi, or dry?

Pratzie

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are u planning on back sweetening? if so please let us know how it is; im partial to sweeter ciders and id imagine this will be flavorful but a bit dry for my tastes.

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Bottled: Caramel Apple Hard Cider, Bavarian Hefeweizen, Belgian Dubbel
Kegged:
Primary: Cream of Three Crops Ale
Secondary: Empty
Aging/Conditioning:
Bottle Priming:
On Deck: Deception Cream Stout, BierMuncher's SWMBO Slayer, Yooper's Oatmeal Stout, Joe's Ancient Orange Mead, Blood Orange Hefeweizen
Rest In Peace: American Wheat, Cream Ale, Sweet Stout, Lemon-Lime American Pale Wheat

agent44

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Haha life has been busy so it's not bottled yet, I have it racked on a pound of raspberries right now, it needed a color boost, it has a nice raspberry flavor, but it is dry, that's how I like my cider, but I'm sure it would be tasty back sweetened. I just picked up my bottling sugar today, so i will bottle this week if all goes well. So far so good with this recipe, I'll post more info this week.

Pratzie

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Awesome thanks, i'd really like to try this recipe soon, it looks great!

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Bottled: Caramel Apple Hard Cider, Bavarian Hefeweizen, Belgian Dubbel
Kegged:
Primary: Cream of Three Crops Ale
Secondary: Empty
Aging/Conditioning:
Bottle Priming:
On Deck: Deception Cream Stout, BierMuncher's SWMBO Slayer, Yooper's Oatmeal Stout, Joe's Ancient Orange Mead, Blood Orange Hefeweizen
Rest In Peace: American Wheat, Cream Ale, Sweet Stout, Lemon-Lime American Pale Wheat