Yukon_Cornelius
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first post on the board! I'm working on my first batch of hard cider. My girlfriend and I were given the opportunity to pick an entire bushel of heirloom Winesap apples for free! Using an antique cider press we spent an afternoon, washing, chopping, mashing, and pressing the apples ending with 5 gallons of juice. After a lot of research we added 5 crushed campden tablets and let the juice sit for 24 hours. After 24 hours we added some pectic enzyme and let the juice go for another 2 hours. Finally we added 1 pound of corn sugar, 2 pounds of brown sugar, some yeast nutrients, and dry pitched a pack of Red Star Champagne yeast. We got a SG reading of 1.101 to start. It took about 36 hours to start, but now our airlock is bubbling at about 130 bubbles per minute. We have high hopes for this project and hope we have found a new hobby to teach us both a lesson in patience. Any tips or questions are welcomed and appreciated.
We will be calling this batch " Yukon Cornelius' Northern Conquest 2011
We will be calling this batch " Yukon Cornelius' Northern Conquest 2011