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Well the first tasting was very off. After letting it age more it has mellowed nicely. I checked back on my notes and I noticed that I left out I added some malic acid at bottling. It is very well carbed, and at 9% it has a smooth taste with a dry slightly bitter after taste.

Mindenman, Thank you. I started the mixed fruit on batch 10/27 SG 1.068, secondary 11/20 SG 1.011, racked again 12/19 and bottled 12/29 FG 1.002, added 2 Tsp malic acid and 8 oz ajc. SG at 1.007 at bottling. Tasted in mid February. I will continue to wait.

I made a crabapple, pear, apple mix and so far am very disappointed. It has no apple taste, very bitter. I added sugar to carb it and bottled. Carbed up good, tastes not good.

I purchased a breville juicer off Craigs list and used to juice about 15 gallons. You have to give it a break and stop and clean it out some every few gallons. Worked great.

As far as what apples are used for pressing, it depends on where you get your cider. Any orchard that presses thier own will use what apples are in season and how many they have of each variety. Also the sugar content is varied by how late in the season picked and stage of ripeness. I always...

I too have tried to back sweeten with artificial sweeteners. I used stevia. I experimented with different amounts. All in all I stopped using it. It did affect the taste and alot of us where experiencing headaches. I do not keg yet. This was all bottled and carbonated. Tastes great with out...

Thanks for this! Just bottled my first batch of this. We love it! Used fresh 3 gal fresh pressed cider and 1 qt of natural black cherry juice. 2.5 cups brown sugar 1 Tsp yeast nutrient 2 Tsp pectic enzyme 1 Tsp malic acid EC-1118 (in starter for 15 min.) SG 1.066 FG 1.002 3 gallon...

Great recipe! Followed just as written, finished exactly as written. Just bottled 5 gal batch last night. Put 3 sticks cinnamon in during secondary. Will be doing this recipe again. Thanks!

Hello everyone! Fyi, just started brewing ciders this fall with all the great fruit crops. Great year canning and freezing, so I decided to make a cider and started doing more. Thank you all so much for the info posted! It has been a big help. This is my batch 5, tried using other...

Cider - juiced my own apples. Second batch I ever made. Bottled 12/10. Still not carbed enough. Tastes great.

I have used the same yeast. It depends on your temp. After pitching yeast my house dropped to 66 F. Took almost 4 days for activity on air lock. I am still doing primary in a pail, if you can do it in glass you will see activity sooner, before the airlock is working.

More sugar would have to be added to get your SG up, in turn giving you a higher potential alcohol. If your not getting a high enough reading add more sugar and retest until you reach desired number. Do this prior to fermentation.

I have some pears that I plan to juice as well. I plan on mixing half gal cider into my pear juice for a 3 gal batch. Add 3 cups brown sugar and use cote des blanc yeast. If I have enough juice I may do a batch with Nottingham yeast. I am brand new to this and look to hear other...

I use a breville juicer, purchased off Craigs list to make cider. I just started brewing this fall and used this juicer to make more than 14 gallons so far. Next I will be juicing some pears.