mysigp226

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1 gallon of Apple Cider in Whole Foods carboy
32oz of pure Cranberry juice (fresh pressed, not from concentrate, no water, etc, $9 for 32oz also from Whole Foods)
1/2 tsp Yeast Nutrient
1/2 tsp Pectic Enzyme
S-04 Yeast
SG 1.050

- Removed/Reserved 32oz of of apple cider
- Added cranberry to apple cider carboy
- Pitched yeast
- Put reserved apple cider into old cranberry bottle and refrigerate

My plan is to let it ferment until I rack and then add the reserved cider back in to fill back up to 1g

Here's a picture....

- On the left is an identical recipe as the above except for no-cranberry (that way I can see what the cranberry did to the flavor).
- In the middle is the cranberry version
- On the right is the original bottle/label from Whole Foods

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On Deck: looking for something
5g Primary: nothing
5g Carboy: nothing
1g Carboy's: Sweet Sparkling Apple Cider,empty,empty,empty
Bottled: Strawberry Wine
Mini-Kegged: Sweet Sparkling Apple Cider,Cranberry/Apple Cider, S04 Cider
Past Work: Raspberry Cider

defenestrate

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that is going to be some serious cran-flavor!

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mysigp226

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I hope so

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On Deck: looking for something
5g Primary: nothing
5g Carboy: nothing
1g Carboy's: Sweet Sparkling Apple Cider,empty,empty,empty
Bottled: Strawberry Wine
Mini-Kegged: Sweet Sparkling Apple Cider,Cranberry/Apple Cider, S04 Cider
Past Work: Raspberry Cider

defenestrate

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i work at whole foods and i bought a couple of these the other day. i actually ordered s-04 too along with my incoming beer order. i was going to ferment them out as is, then secondary one on to orange zest and clove and another onto a pound or so of frozen blueberries.

what kind of FG are we looking at with s-04? 1.010?

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Tusch

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What is the OG, that is what you need to know to estimate a FG

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Meads: Leap Year, MAOM, Habanero/Serrano Capsicumel \m/ Oo \m/, Show Mead for Berry Melomel and Cinnamon Vanilla Metheglin
Ciders:3 Ciders with differing additives TBD, Strawberry/Apple Cider
Wine: Trader Joe's Triple Berry Wine for SWMBO, Cherry Port, planning my Black Currant Vanilla Wine, Banana Wine

wreckinball9

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my S-04 ciders ( 5 gals AJ with 2 lbs brown sugar) finish at 1.000

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JoeSponge

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Sig,

Can you please set that to fast forward and email me a glass when it's done? I'm excited about the prospects.

I am itching to get a couple of jugs worth... Hey, "out the window", do they ever put that stuff on sale? I know it's WF and all, but dang, $7 / gallon is steep.

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Oh my gosh, but cider's neat.
Taste's so sweet, it can't be beat.
Good in the cold or in the heat.
Oh my gosh, but cider's neat!

Firstnten

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One of my local orchards had 80/20 apple juice to cranberry juice fresh pressed cider That I'm going to try.


5$ a gallon here. how much does the cranberry over power the apple?

defenestrate

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yeah they do. the had it on sale when i live a couple months ago-most likely going into the holidays. when they do put it on sale its on huge displays most of the time so you cant miss it.

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mysigp226

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7 days after pitching, the SG had dropped to 1.010 so I racked to secondary and added sparkaloid.

5 days after that (total of 12 days) the cider had cleared and this is what I have at the moment. The cranberry one definitely has a cranberry flavor, but it was a bit tart..though not undrinkable. I decide to add about 1/2 cup of splenda to each one and I think the flavor is good to go. Im so excited!!! Both are in my garage cold crashing to stop the yeasties.

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On Deck: looking for something
5g Primary: nothing
5g Carboy: nothing
1g Carboy's: Sweet Sparkling Apple Cider,empty,empty,empty
Bottled: Strawberry Wine
Mini-Kegged: Sweet Sparkling Apple Cider,Cranberry/Apple Cider, S04 Cider
Past Work: Raspberry Cider