My first take on Cider.

So I just got done bottling Edworts Apfelwein and Decided I needed to keep cider in the house all the time. I decided to try my own take on some cider. I used 1 lb of dextrose 1 lb of dark brown sugar, 24 oz of apple juice concentrate, 5 gallons of jewel brand apple cider instead of juice. I also used 2 cinnamon sticks and 2 cloves. Pitched with nottinghams ale yeast. Well see how it turns out. OG was 1.070. Any idea what this will finish at?

Rys06Tbss said:

OG was 1.070. Any idea what this will finish at?

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If ferments to dry you should come in around 9%. Nice calculator here-- http://dd26943.com/davesdreaded/tools/convert.htm

Cool. Thanks for the link

Nice recipe I think I'm going to try it out

And now I have rhino farts going on in my pantry. I think it's almost worse then the apfelwein I made a month ago. Hopefully the smell will fade soon. It's at full on fermentation at this point. Almost looks like its boiling

Rys06Tbss said:

I have rhino farts going on in my pantry.

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How does a rhino fart compare to a hippo fart?

strantor said:

How does a rhino fart compare to a hippo fart?

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2knfaA0VTY

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Omg haha.

Yeh I bet my pantry doesn't smell that bad. Btw the smell is gone now

I just took a reading last night... Its still cloudy but its at 1.020. The Kräusen that had formed for the ale yeast is now almost gone. How long should I let this go before I bottle? I was hoping to get down to 1.000 but I dont know if it will ferment out that low since things seem to be slowing down.

I'm at 1.010 right now. How low will the Nottinghams ferment to?

I got a cider with Notty to 13% tasted terrible, but it's still aging. Add some more nutrient and maybe energizer, it will help with the sulfur smell too. It will get there if you are patient.

I might bottle Sunday. I have a beer that needs bottling too so I might let it go another week because time will be a factor

I only have 12 bottles left. This is really good. Might be making it again. I think next time I'm going to use 3 lbs of sugar to boost it up a bit higher.