sashurlow
Well-Known Member
I am normally a go very slow for a good cider kinda person. But the concept of a 2-3 week cider has me curious. I am half way through an experiment. I started with a gallon of apple juice from concentrate with a SG of 1.03-1.035 (long story why I am estimating the final figure). 3 cans of concentrate and 8 cans of water. s-04 yeast started in my usual starter (I boil bread yeast and table sugar, let that cool down, put it in a mason jar with the yeast packet and let it sit for 2 days). I bottled today after 8 days. The SG was 1.005. I got 8 glass bottles and one plastic bottle I use to tell how carbonated it is. This is how many bottles I normally get off of a gallon.
The taste results so far are pretty bad. I am trying very hard not to be biased against the concept of a quick brew, but the only way I can describe the taste is "young".
I expect the carbing to be done in a week. I'm hoping it tastes better than today. Being a science minded person, I'm trying REAL hard right now to say: "We told you so. If you want good cider you gotta wait a couple months". But I'm not saying that yet...
The taste results so far are pretty bad. I am trying very hard not to be biased against the concept of a quick brew, but the only way I can describe the taste is "young".
I expect the carbing to be done in a week. I'm hoping it tastes better than today. Being a science minded person, I'm trying REAL hard right now to say: "We told you so. If you want good cider you gotta wait a couple months". But I'm not saying that yet...