Recent content by Catboat

I ran some apples through a juicer today. Ended up with 20 liters of must, gravity reads at 1060 and ph 2.8. It tastes very sweet and sour, its the apples I got in my backyard and I doubt I can find any others at this time of year. So far I have only added so2. I have decided on holding off...

A couple of years ago I tried making my first cider, no apples last years but this year there is plenty. I used apples from only one tree and made 2 batches, both with champagne yeast. I only added pectine and yeast, to one of the batches I added some amarillo hops, straight after primary...