walcotteric
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Yes and yes
Thanks. I figured as much but for a first time cider brewer I wanted to double check.
Yes and yes
Just so I'm clear, it sounds like if you're just carbonating you don't need to pasteurize, but if you're backsweetening then you do? Is there a good way to tell if you need to? I'm thinking crack one open after a couple days and if it's super carbonated then pasteurize. Is that wrong?
Dunno If this was asked, just being lazy, but
Why no boil? Has anyone brought it to a boil?
franzy said:Dunno If this was asked, just being lazy, but
Why no boil? Has anyone brought it to a boil?
FermentNEthinG said:Boiling apple cider will set the pectins within the must leading to pectin haze. A cloudy cider that won't fall clear.
Im going to be doing this recipe within the next 2 weeks. I have 2 vials of WLP775 English Cider.
I was going to use both vials in one 5 gal batch with out a starter. Is that necessary or will these two vials do a 10 gals batch?
Do i need a starter?
I made a second batch of this recipe on Thursday with cote des blancs yeast. The first batch was made using commercial apple juice and came out fine, however aldi had 1 gal jugs of apple cider on sale for $2.99/gal this week and I had to make a second batch. On to the bad news:
The cider ingredients are: apples, potassium sorbate.
When I bought it I worried about whether the yeast would thrive in the cider, but thought it was okay when the cider appeared to be forming a krausen on day 1. However, there hasn't been any airlock activity and what appeared to be the krausen has since fallen.
What would be the best way forward? Make a starter from another yeast packet?
Ive heard of ppl overcoming that with more yeast but its kind od a crapshoot. The reason you had some krausen is sorbate doesnt kill yeat it stops them from multiplying
PamelaToledo said:Hey,
It looks quite interesting but can you please name the recipe and time taken to complete the recipe.
I threw together a quick batch of a 1/2 gal of mott's apple juice and a packet of yeast...we'll see where this goes. I'm not going to drink 5 gallons of unfermented cider, brown sugar, apple juice concentrate and yeast - so it's worth a shot in the dark
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