Evan!
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Last year, I paid $7/gallon for unpasteurized cider. Too damned expensive. But this year...this year is different. Got my first 5 gallons of Jonathan cider today, unpasteurized, for $2.85/gallon. $14 for a batch? Hell yes. At this price, I'll be getting more when the Staymans come in in about a month. :rockin:
So here she is. Just dumped some crushed campden tabs in there, gonna ferment it with S-04 this time. The SG right now is 1.051, so I think I'll add some dextrose to bump it closer to 1.060. Not that I'm looking for more alcohol necessarily, but with the S-04 (unlike last year's british cider yeast, which finished around 1.000), I'm expecting some residual sugar, so I could use a little more fermentable material.
So here she is. Just dumped some crushed campden tabs in there, gonna ferment it with S-04 this time. The SG right now is 1.051, so I think I'll add some dextrose to bump it closer to 1.060. Not that I'm looking for more alcohol necessarily, but with the S-04 (unlike last year's british cider yeast, which finished around 1.000), I'm expecting some residual sugar, so I could use a little more fermentable material.