TandemTails
Well-Known Member
1168.25 + 6 gallons of cider for the keg = 1174.25
Bottled two batches of homemade cider in 2015.
1,149
+5 gallons Northern Spy Saison
+6 gallons spontaneous fermentation
= 1,160
Pressed the last of my Baldwins and got just over 8 gals. Thick, rich, and sweet (SG-1.064) with a bite (pH=3.3) and just enough tannin to slightly dry the mouth. This will be a wild ferment single variety cider.
1174.25 + 8 = 1182.25
Not over yet Maylar! Putting together 5 gal of Pappy's Pub Cider today.
11823.25 + 5 = 11828.25
Sliding decimal point there....
I pressed the apples in December 2016, but didn't get around to adding the yeast until last night, so did I "make" the cider this year or last year? Hmmm, I'll have to open some of my 2015 cider that didn't get done fermenting until the spring of 2016 and ponder this.
For those of us who buy juice from an orchard or grow our own apples, there is a season for cider. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, that season straddles the New Year so it makes the distinction of "how much cider in 2016" a little shakey. As I open another bottle of the 2015 and settle in front of the fire in my rocker I too will ponder this philosophical conundrum. So cheers to all and lets hope the 2016 is ready to drink before the 2015 is gone.
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