My first hard cider!

[DEREKsims]

Just brewed my first hard cider. Hope everything turns out ok.

1 gallon martinellis apple cider
1 pound of organic honey
1 packet of Nottingham Ale yeast.

OG: 1.070

Gonna let it set for 2 weeks and bottle it back in the original bottles after I clean and sanitize them and then enjoy

Just a simple hard cider recipe. Anything I missed or anyone got any notes or anything for me?.

Remember, this is my first hard cider.

Next I have plans to make a cherry hard cider.

 

[DIYer]

Congrats! Was your honey pasteurized or raw? If raw, it might contain wild yeasts and/or other organisms that can affect the fermentation.

 

[Blacksmith1]

First, congrats on your first cyser, cider is jist applejuice. Second, it may take longer than 2 weeks to finish.
Just sayin...

 

[DEREKsims]

Ok. I am gonna be honest. Had no idea what a cyser was. I kept seeing it and thought it was a typo or auto correct. Then I googled it. Lol knowledge. Ok so I made a Cyser.

Ok so I have questions.

Two weeks not long enough? 4 weeks?

Would racking into a secondary fermentation help at all with anything? Like clarity? Which I dont really care about but just wondering.

My original gravity was 1.070. I put 1 pound of honey in it with a Nottingham ale yeast. I guess what I am asking is how much alcohol is it gonna end up with and how long till it take to get there?

Either way I plan to set one in the original bottle it came it and age it for quite a while. But I want to drink what's left over as soon as possible.

 

[DEREKsims]

Congrats! Was your honey pasteurized or raw? If raw, it might contain wild yeasts and/or other organisms that can affect the fermentation.

It was raw. How would it affect the fermintation?

 

[DIYer]

You could get off flavors, or it could be fine. It's generally recommended to pasteurize honey used for fermentations. Might want to check out the following article:
https://byo.com/article/brewing-with-honey/

 

[Blacksmith1]

A month minimum. And most of us on here use raw honey. At two weeks rack (siphon) it off the lees, taste a tiny bit and then wait 2 more weeks and taste it again. If you read thru the mead forum you'll find alot of brewers here that let it age months. I personally let my ciders sit at least 3 months.

 

[bracconiere]

you're looking at ~10%, give or take a few tenths...