Hi,
found this recipe for scrumpy in a brewing book:
3.6 kg apples, any type
10l water
28g root ginger
juice of four lemons
looking at this it doesn't look like there will be enough fermentables, I'm getting something in the region of 5-6% estimated alcohol, but if I cut down on the water volume by half it gets more in line with what a strong scrumpy should be, anybody know what the average fermentables content of apples is so I can check a bit more accurately. (note: this recipe is a bit thin on details and consists mainly of soaking and crushing apples then adding the ginger and lemons and leaving it for a few months, should be cloudy). can anybody shed some light on this?
found this recipe for scrumpy in a brewing book:
3.6 kg apples, any type
10l water
28g root ginger
juice of four lemons
looking at this it doesn't look like there will be enough fermentables, I'm getting something in the region of 5-6% estimated alcohol, but if I cut down on the water volume by half it gets more in line with what a strong scrumpy should be, anybody know what the average fermentables content of apples is so I can check a bit more accurately. (note: this recipe is a bit thin on details and consists mainly of soaking and crushing apples then adding the ginger and lemons and leaving it for a few months, should be cloudy). can anybody shed some light on this?