suggestion for high gravity cider?
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Tantalus
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Good cider apples and brown sugar is your best bet no matter what recipe you end up choosing. I've only made relatively shorter yield ciders with Nottingham Ale Yeast so I don't have a recommendation for you there.
kewlio250
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what about yeast, what yeasts work well with high gravity?
couple of suggestions
Boil 2 gallons of cider down to one gallon (I've done this--leaves a little residual sweetness)
Add several cans of AJ concentrate rather than sugar to increase your abv.
Boil 2 gallons of cider down to one gallon (I've done this--leaves a little residual sweetness)
Add several cans of AJ concentrate rather than sugar to increase your abv.
UpstateMike
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kewlio250
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ok just put it all in the primary, 6lb's brown sugar, 32oz apple juice concentrate, 4.5 gallons Treetop 3 Apple Blend (very tasty stuff), Lalvin EC-1118 yeast and yeast nutrient, gonna move to secondary in 1 month, then bottle 2 months after that, and open the first bottle May of 2013
OG was 1.10, should yield around 13%
OG was 1.10, should yield around 13%
