freddyb
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Using Brandon O's "Graff" recipe as a base, I bought some apple juice that was on sale at the local grocery store, took what I had at home, and brewed up a 5.5 gallon batch of cider last night.
Here's the final recipe I ended up using:
Steeped these at 155*F for 30 minutes in .75gallons of filtered tap water:
7.4oz Crystal 20L
1.5oz Crystal 120L
1.5oz Flaked Barley
Sparged with ~.4 gallons of water at 170*F.
Boiled these for 30 minutes:
Wort from above process
17.3oz Light DME (all that I had on hand)
12oz Pure, natural, unfiltered honey
0.25oz Amarillo @ 8.2%AA
Added to fermenter:
Wort from above process
4.5 gallons of apple juice
1 package of Safale US-05 dry yeast, directly pitched (not re-hydrated)
Pictures:
Bottles of juice
Heating the water and sanitizing the carboy. Homebrew pale ale along for the ride.
Grains for steeping
Steeping grains action shot
Boil additions
Not fearing the foam
Ready for fermentation
Shot of my brewing storage area
I'm really looking forward to trying this in a month or so.
Here's the final recipe I ended up using:
Steeped these at 155*F for 30 minutes in .75gallons of filtered tap water:
7.4oz Crystal 20L
1.5oz Crystal 120L
1.5oz Flaked Barley
Sparged with ~.4 gallons of water at 170*F.
Boiled these for 30 minutes:
Wort from above process
17.3oz Light DME (all that I had on hand)
12oz Pure, natural, unfiltered honey
0.25oz Amarillo @ 8.2%AA
Added to fermenter:
Wort from above process
4.5 gallons of apple juice
1 package of Safale US-05 dry yeast, directly pitched (not re-hydrated)
Pictures:
Bottles of juice
Heating the water and sanitizing the carboy. Homebrew pale ale along for the ride.
Grains for steeping
Steeping grains action shot
Boil additions
Not fearing the foam
Ready for fermentation
Shot of my brewing storage area
I'm really looking forward to trying this in a month or so.