Recent content by JonnyAppleseed

I am new and am only on my third batch of cider, but I'll add my experience. Pasteurized, farm fresh cider and Safale S-04, racked to secondary for a couple weeks, then racked to bottling bucket. The cider is crystal clear after a couple months of aging. I don't think I would care if my cider...

I started these yesterday so I thought I'd share what I decided to do. For the big primary, I just did fresh, pasteurized cider from Heritage Farms in Scholls, Oregon. The juice is quite sweet this year so no sugar was added. OG was 1.050 (last year's was 1.040) and I expect it to drop to...

Hey guys. I have been lurking for a couple of years and I finally decided I should contribute something! My first brew was a gallon of Whole Foods cider and Safale S-04. That was easy! Since then I decided I'd brew a cider each year around this time. Last year I did a full 5 gallons of cider...