Here is what I did on my first cider
Sanitized 5 gal Carboy blowoff and bung
19 quarts 100% apple juice
700g honey
10oz brown sugar
18oz turbinado sugar
16oz pure cane sugar
Lalvin 71b-1122 yeast
Poured nealy all apple juice in Carboy
Put all sugars and honey in pot and gently heated with about 1/2 quart of apple juice to help dissolve
Added to Carboy and stirred well for about ten minutes
Pitched yeast. And put on blow off hose
Og 1.078
Was unsure if I needed a blowoff because this is the first time I hAve messed with wine yeast. I filled the 5 gallon Carboy about an inch past the 5 gal mark so I don't have much headspace at all.
From what I read this doesn't produce much krausen so I hope Half my batch doesn't end up in the blowoff container
Sanitized 5 gal Carboy blowoff and bung
19 quarts 100% apple juice
700g honey
10oz brown sugar
18oz turbinado sugar
16oz pure cane sugar
Lalvin 71b-1122 yeast
Poured nealy all apple juice in Carboy
Put all sugars and honey in pot and gently heated with about 1/2 quart of apple juice to help dissolve
Added to Carboy and stirred well for about ten minutes
Pitched yeast. And put on blow off hose
Og 1.078
Was unsure if I needed a blowoff because this is the first time I hAve messed with wine yeast. I filled the 5 gallon Carboy about an inch past the 5 gal mark so I don't have much headspace at all.
From what I read this doesn't produce much krausen so I hope Half my batch doesn't end up in the blowoff container