I am trying to get a rapid cider recipe as my wife does not want to wait several months to start drinking it. I added some honey to 3/4 gallon of pasteurized unfiltered apple juice and nottingham yeast. Currently fermenting away. The last batch I made (5 gal) dried out way too much over 3 months and had to be backsweetened with apple concentrate when poured out of the bottle. My plan with this batch is to aim for a sweeter cider by cold crashing it when the SG is around 1.003 or so and sweetening it up to SG 1.006 and then bottle. Hopefully this process will take around 1-1.5 months.
1. Does this sound like this will work?
2. Will this create a bottle bomb and so I should use cambden tabs to kill the yeast instead? (I will then have uncarbonated cider and do not have a CO2 system)
3. Am I nuts to think I can make this happen this fast?
1. Does this sound like this will work?
2. Will this create a bottle bomb and so I should use cambden tabs to kill the yeast instead? (I will then have uncarbonated cider and do not have a CO2 system)
3. Am I nuts to think I can make this happen this fast?