bigdipper
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so im new to brewing and i really want to get in to making hard cider so can someone please give me some easy recipes and equipment by the way im low on income
so im new to brewing and i really want to get in to making hard cider so can someone please give me some easy recipes and equipment by the way im low on income
Hi! I'm new to brewing too. I am starting my first batch of cider ever tomorrow. Here is the recipe I aim to use.
5 gal apple cider (no preservatives)
2 lbs light brown sugar
2 lbs clover honey
1 or 2 packs of dry champagne yeast (you might consider rehydrating the yeast)
3/4 cup corn sugar (priming sugar)
Boil one gallon of cider long enough to dissolve all the brown sugar and honey in it. Then pour everything (cept the corn sugar) into your fermenter, make sure it's well aerated (I'm just gonna stir it with a big spoon) and then let it sit for 3 weeks. Next, mix in the 3/4 cup of corn sugar until it disolves and then bottle 'er up! Let the cider sit in the bottle for at least 1 week.
Might not be the cheapest hard cider recipe, but it seems straight forward and sounds simple! Good luck!
If you want to make cider, why would you use an apple wine recipe?
Apple cider, yeast and time is how you make hard cider. Adding sugar just gives it more alcohol turning perfectly good cider into wine.
If you want to make cider, why would you use an apple wine recipe?
Apple cider, yeast and time is how you make hard cider. Adding sugar just gives it more alcohol turning perfectly good cider into wine.
So Cider is low alcohol and wine is higher? Can they both be sparkling?
5 gal apple cider (no preservatives)
2 lbs light brown sugar
2 lbs clover honey
1 or 2 packs of dry champagne yeast (you might consider rehydrating the yeast)
3/4 cup corn sugar (priming sugar)
so i tryed my cider for the first time to day and it tasted sour and nasty
I would think it should had been since it had only been 6 days since you first started this thread!
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