2013 Cider Yeast Olympics

[LandoAllen]

The 2013 Cider Yeast Olympics have come at last! The competition is stiff this year with 8 yeast competing to brew up the winning cider. Last Saturday I pressed 42 gallons of cider. I hit them with 1/2 the recommended dosages of campden. 16 hours later I added recommended amounts of yeast nutrient and pectin enzyme. Let the games begin:

5 gallons with US-05
5 gallons with S-04
5 gallons with Notthingham
5 gallons with Belgian Whit Ale Yeast WLP400
5 gallons with Belgian Ale Yeast WLP550
5 gallons with Bavarian Weizen Yeast WLP351
7 gallons with Red Star Pasteur Champagne
5 gallons with S-23 Lager Yeast

The OG of the cider was 1.058. I plan on trying to stop fermentation at 1.015-1.020. I put the large carboys in water baths to help regulate the temp better and right now they are bubbling away at 64-65 degrees. The lager cider is in the refrigerator brewing at a constant 45 degrees thanks to my temperature controller.

Let the competition begin!

 

[dreis44]

I'm very interested to hear about the results with the 550 yeast. Keep us posted!

 

[JtotheA]

I'm very interested to hear about the results with the 550 yeast. Keep us posted!

Ditto!!! It's my "unconventional" favorite for cider. 575 is good too. Go 550! Ha.

 

[LandoAllen]

Update will be coming soon!

 

[Philistine]

Subbed. Very interested in how this works out.

 

[Phlyborn]

+1 sub

 

[georgiabulldog02]

Sub'd

 

[Philistine]

Update?

 

[LandoAllen]

Sorry I'm waiting for the S-04 to carbonate still. It's taking forever!

 

[Vaydor]

I did something similar. I took 11 gallons of fresh pressed cider from our orchard and added a combo of brown and white sugar to get the OG to around 1.070. Broke them into 2.5 G batches and let one ferment wild.

Yeasts:

-WLP 775 English Cider yeast
-Danstar Belle Saison yeast
-Lalvin 71B-1122
-Lalvin Bourgovin RC 212
-Wild/spontaneous ferment. 1 gallon

They are currently still in the primary however I plan to rack 1G of each onto cinnamon for around a week or so. I have no plans to carbonate unless I take the extra .5G and carb with raisins.

 

[pmonti80]

How did this turn out?