Apple cider with 2.7 co2 volume

[whitesheperd]

So has anyone had 2.7 co2 in their apple cider? How did it taste? And how was the head? Or even higher than 2.7


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[Randzor]

No head will form. I shoot for 2.5 to 3.0. Seems mighty bubbly but lacks the proteins to form a head.

 

[whitesheperd]

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[Randzor]

Do you hop yours at all? What yeast do you use?

 

[whitesheperd]

No I don't hop it, and that's actually in fermentation. It taste great the way it is so I may just stop the fermentation. But I'd like to have co2 like that even I carbonize it..


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[whitesheperd]

I used Lalvin 71b


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[LandoAllen]

I have about 3.0 and I sometimes hop it if I don't want the wife to drink it lol


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[tomb1]

2.7-3.0 is where wife and I like it. Heavily carbed.

 

[aellis]

Mine's pretty carbed. This is Graham's English cider (the recipe is around here somewhere), but I used US-05 instead of S-04. I bottled this batch in 2L soda bottles. I carbed with somewhere between 2-4 Tbsps of AJC, I forget how much exactly, but I think it was closer to 4. In this particular bottle, I threw some dried grapefruit zest, and it's pretty grapefruity.

Despite the amount of bubbles (and it gushed when i opened it), it doesn't taste super carbed. It's bubbling slightly, but that's about all.

I have another bottle the I put some dried apples in, so I'm hoping that one infused as well as the grapefruit did, to give a strong apple flavor.

 

[whitesheperd]

That looks nice and yummy


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