Cranberry Cider
My first cider experiment turned out great, thought I'd share.
2 cups cane sugar
1lb frozen cranberries
Treetop apple juice
Lalvin 1116
-Cooked the cranberries along with the sugar and 1 cup of water on medium heat until berries started to crack open making an awesome smelling "sauce"
-Made a starter with a bit of the sauce and some warm water and set aside.
-Poured sauce into primary
- fill primary to about 3/4 full with AJ, this will ferment like a monster
-pitch yeast starter
-after 10 days I racked off the fruit, and topped off with AJ
-another 7 days hit FG of 1.001 and racked again.
-when cleared I back sweetened with 1/3rd can of cran- raspberry concentrate and bottled.
Was good right at bottling but was awesome after a couple weeks. Serve cold and enjoy.
My first cider experiment turned out great, thought I'd share.
2 cups cane sugar
1lb frozen cranberries
Treetop apple juice
Lalvin 1116
-Cooked the cranberries along with the sugar and 1 cup of water on medium heat until berries started to crack open making an awesome smelling "sauce"
-Made a starter with a bit of the sauce and some warm water and set aside.
-Poured sauce into primary
- fill primary to about 3/4 full with AJ, this will ferment like a monster
-pitch yeast starter
-after 10 days I racked off the fruit, and topped off with AJ
-another 7 days hit FG of 1.001 and racked again.
-when cleared I back sweetened with 1/3rd can of cran- raspberry concentrate and bottled.
Was good right at bottling but was awesome after a couple weeks. Serve cold and enjoy.
