lotbfan
Well-Known Member
Just finished getting 5 gallons if freshly pressed cider into a fermenter with some campden tablets and some pectic enzyme. The acid is right on target at .70 but the gravity is a little lower than I had hoped at only 1.062
I know that the EdWort Apfelwein recipe uses dextrose, and a few that I have seen use honey. I am trying to get closer to 1.080-85 so I can shoot for about 10% abv when all is done.
My wife, who will be the primary drinker of this prefers a sweeter finished product, so I was thinking maybe a mix of fermentable and unfermentable sugars may be the way to go, and since she is in love with mead, my first thought was to use honey, but since this is my first batch, I thought I may be able to find some guidance from folks who have gone along this path before.
If it makes any difference, I was planning on stopping the fermentation with campden and then kegging the final product, not sure if that will affect any advice anyone would have for me.
Thanks in advance for any help you may have to offer!
Oh, planning on using Red Star Pasteur Champagne yeast, please stop me before I pitch it tomorrow night if that is a horrible plan!
I know that the EdWort Apfelwein recipe uses dextrose, and a few that I have seen use honey. I am trying to get closer to 1.080-85 so I can shoot for about 10% abv when all is done.
My wife, who will be the primary drinker of this prefers a sweeter finished product, so I was thinking maybe a mix of fermentable and unfermentable sugars may be the way to go, and since she is in love with mead, my first thought was to use honey, but since this is my first batch, I thought I may be able to find some guidance from folks who have gone along this path before.
If it makes any difference, I was planning on stopping the fermentation with campden and then kegging the final product, not sure if that will affect any advice anyone would have for me.
Thanks in advance for any help you may have to offer!
Oh, planning on using Red Star Pasteur Champagne yeast, please stop me before I pitch it tomorrow night if that is a horrible plan!