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10-14-2012, 07:06 PM
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Apple juice, apple cider, or it doesn't matter?
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Which type is "best" to buy from the grocery for making hard cider? Does one produce a better hard cider?
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10-14-2012, 08:52 PM
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This is what I get:
This is the ingredients list:
Apple Juice, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C).
Other acceptable ingredients are filtered water and apple juice concentrate.
Don't get anything that has any kind of sorbate or sulphite in it.
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Oh, and get a hydrometer. Psychic brewing is great and all, but hard numbers get rid of MUCH of the guess work.
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"No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities." ~ 1 Timothy 5:23
Currently Fermenting:
Nothing
Bottle Conditioning:
Citron Cider
Blackberry Cider
The Five Eight Five
In Bottles / Drinking:
Cranberry Cider
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10-15-2012, 01:15 AM
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I use cider simply because I have an orchard and make my own. I use it the day it is pressed, and all I add is k-meta to kill wild yeast. No sugar, no water, just apples.
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10-15-2012, 01:29 AM
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I use indian summer cider. I also use 1lb. Per gallon of corn sugar. Mixed with4 cinnamon sticks, 1 tblsp of nutmug, ginger, 6 whole cloves.
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10-15-2012, 01:30 AM
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I use indian summer cider. I also use 1lb. Per gallon of corn sugar. Mixed with4 cinnamon sticks, 1 tblsp of nutmug, ginger, 6 whole cloves. I'm looking at about 8.75-9.25% starting og is 1.072
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10-15-2012, 01:36 AM
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In the fall winter when i can easily get cider i use that and then use regular Publix apple juice in the summer,either works fine but they do taste different.
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10-16-2012, 03:53 AM
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so you can use pasteurized apple juice?
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10-16-2012, 11:19 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by buffalo
In the fall winter when i can easily get cider i use that and then use regular Publix apple juice in the summer,either works fine but they do taste different.
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Is one noticeably better than the other, or just different? |
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10-16-2012, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by zdthirtyseven
so you can use pasteurized apple juice?
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Yes |
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10-16-2012, 03:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zdthirtyseven
so you can use pasteurized apple juice?
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Pasteurized is not a problem.
Preservatives (sorbate, sulphite) ARE a problem.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Shooter
Oh, and get a hydrometer. Psychic brewing is great and all, but hard numbers get rid of MUCH of the guess work.
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"No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities." ~ 1 Timothy 5:23
Currently Fermenting:
Nothing
Bottle Conditioning:
Citron Cider
Blackberry Cider
The Five Eight Five
In Bottles / Drinking:
Cranberry Cider
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