Interesting recipe...I'm in the UK though and we don't seem to get cans of AJ concentrate. What exactly is it? Like diluting juice? We have apple juice from concentrate and diluting juice / squash here.
I am pretty sure it doesn't exist in the UK. It isn't squash. It comes in a cardboard can about the size of a beer can, it's stored in the freezer and when defrosted it is a thick, syrupy, super sweet, super applely liquid. You typically add four times the volume of water to concentrate to turn it back into apple juice.
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HW
(Former Brit)
Damn, any recommendations on what to use instead? This recipe seems interesting.
The only think I can think of would be to make your own concentrate by freezing regular apple juice (make sure you do it in a plastic container, glass will end badly!) I have never done this personally but the theory is that the water should freeze before the apple goodness which you just pour off. You could either monitor it as it freezes and get it at the point that you can pour the apple off the ice, or freeze it completely and invert it over funnel like the "Apple Jackers" do.
Good luck!
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HW
Wine bottles if still(non-carbonated) and beer or champagne bottle if carbonated.I have never made a cider before. Can you bottle this with regular beer bottles or does it have to be wine bottles?
Approximately how long do you let it ferment before bottling?
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