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Originally Posted by waterkc
Well Gent's I did it, I am trying my first cider
I pitched the Dry English Ale yeast for a few days. (man I love my home made stir plates)
I mixed up the following in my Korny Keg.
a) 4.5 gallons of all natural pressed Apple Juice (ala Trader Joes)
b) .5 gallons Cherry Juice (ala Trader Joes)
c) .5 gallons Distilled Water (ala Home Water Filter)
d) ahh crap what is missing, doh the freakin; 1 Lbs Dextrose or Brown Sugar
Time in to the Keg was March 27th 2008 @ 7:00PM PST
Time in Keg at this post is 22hr est. (slight activity out of the blow off tube)
SG is 1042
FG is (TBD)
I guess I will just have to wait and see, to bad I for got to add the Sugar as recommended....DOH! o-well learning is a process I guess. |
Well it has not even been 24 hours yet you can still boil the sugar cool and dump it in. It will not hurt a thing or you can take the alternate route and leave it what you have. It ferments out from anywhere between 1.000 to .995 its up to you either way it will taste good. |
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03-29-2008, 01:57 AM
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Yeah I am going to leave it, give me and excuse to try it again. I don't have the sugar or I would do as you said.
Again Darn I have to do it again.
Thanks
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04-08-2008, 05:12 AM
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So today this thing has finally slowed down from a bubble in the bottle every 2 or 3 mins to now only about 10 mins. So I will run the gravity on it and let everyone know. The SG = 1042 so I am hoping for a FG around what you stated.
thanks and I will let ya know when I keg it tomorrow.
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04-08-2008, 04:46 PM
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So today this thing has finally slowed down from a bubble in the bottle every 2 or 3 mins to now only about 10 mins. So I will run the gravity on it and let everyone know. The SG = 1042 so I am hoping for a FG around what you stated.
thanks and I will let ya know when I keg it tomorrow.
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keep me posted, the final product is tastey and mine looked sort of like killians in the red color dept.
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04-08-2008, 05:25 PM
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wonder how 2 or 3 gal of cherry juice would work?? You should get some taste out of it then?? Thinking the cherry juice would sweeten it up a little also?
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04-09-2008, 04:26 AM
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Originally Posted by FEARDIZ
wonder how 2 or 3 gal of cherry juice would work?? You should get some taste out of it then?? Thinking the cherry juice would sweeten it up a little also?
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Ive never tried it but I will making 3 or 4 more batched in august for the fall I might make one like that.
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04-11-2008, 03:04 AM
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OK so looking at my notes this is what i have listed, I orginally was wrong with 1042.
SG = 1044
FG = 1006
ABV = 4.99%
Not to bad, it's ready to drink right now, need some bubbles. but the wives like it. Next time it will have a much higher SG and I will add more Cherry Juice. It's very light in color.
But taste good.
Many thanks for the advice and recipe.
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04-14-2008, 12:52 PM
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If you want to get the cherry flavor, skip the cherry juice and rack onto about 1-1.5# cherries per gallon in the secondary and let it go for about 2 weeks. You'll lose some liquid when you rack, but to me it's worth it. I use sour cherries and back sweeten a little (or a lot for my wife) when I do my cherry wheat beer, but that's just me
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05-20-2008, 10:31 PM
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If you want to get the cherry flavor, skip the cherry juice and rack onto about 1-1.5# cherries per gallon in the secondary and let it go for about 2 weeks. You'll lose some liquid when you rack, but to me it's worth it. I use sour cherries and back sweeten a little (or a lot for my wife) when I do my cherry wheat beer, but that's just me
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what type of cherries do you use?
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09-26-2008, 02:06 PM
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Thanks for the quick reply! I had time to get to the store and start a Cider.
5 gal apple juice
.5 gal black cherry juice
2 # light brown sugar
Ale yeast I had left over from last week.
Airlock isn't bubbling yet, but we'll see
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