Apple juice sugar and yeast

[roesn]

I know it's nothing fancy but this is my first trial run of brewing hard cider. I did not get a OG but the FG is 0.991 after 2 weeks. Does that sound right? And what do you recommend I do next? From adding apple juice concentrate (or not), bottling now or later and for how long. I've read 6 months is a good bottling time minimum for better taste?

It's very strong now which is fine, but it needs a better taste.

 

[bajaedition]

age it a few months and it gets mellower
how many months depends on the cider you made

I admit I use store bought apple juice myself a lot

I have a place about 60 miles from me where they grow apples, so I go there each fall and buy 5 gallons of first press cider and pitch yeast into that. Good stuff

good luck

 

[whoaru99]

Might want to try using a wine yeast, like Montrachet, instead of regular baking yeast. Then, I suggest looking up Edwort's Apfelwein.

 

[roesn]

Thanks for the great info

 

[roesn]

I'm sorry but could you post a link to the thread? I searched and found a couple but they are a few years old and want to make sure I follow the correct recipe.

 

[Rhu]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f25/man-i-love-apfelwein-14860/

 

[MattBoivin]

I have 1 gallon of apfelwein fermenting and two 5 gallon pails of grape wine fermenting!
Take a gander at my apfelwein:



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[aellis]

I have 1 gallon of apfelwein fermenting and two 5 gallon pails of grape wine fermenting!
Take a gander at my apfelwein:

you're fermenting in paint buckets? that seems like not a great idea. for one, they've had paint in them. for two, they're probably not food grade, i'm guessing.

 

[roesn]

Are there any chain stores that sell corn sugar? I can't find it anywhere locally. I've tried the farmers market. Any suggestions before I order it online?


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[boydster]

Not sure on chain stores that sell corn sugar, I usually get mine from my LHBS. I definitely agree on trying a different yeast. I mostly brew beer, so I always have ale yeast like Notty or US-05 on hand and have used those to make many a delicious hard cider.

 

[roesn]

Just ordered the yeast for eds cider.

No LHBS near my city :/




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[roesn]

What should I pay for dextrose? I don't know what it goes for. I found 2 pounds for 10$ shipping included. It's unfortunate I can't find it locally and have to order corn sugar TO the Midwest. :/


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[whoaru99]

What should I pay for dextrose? I don't know what it goes for. I found 2 pounds for 10$ shipping included. It's unfortunate I can't find it locally and have to order corn sugar TO the Midwest. :/


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Any health food stores around? That's where I found some (relatively) locally. Don't recall what I paid though but it was similar or less than getting it from beer supply store.

 

[BlackDogBrew]

What should I pay for dextrose? I don't know what it goes for. I found 2 pounds for 10$ shipping included. It's unfortunate I can't find it locally and have to order corn sugar TO the Midwest. :/

You can double your quantity for only $4.35 more by shopping on Amazon. $10 for 2lbs is a little steep. Look on Amazon for either Corn Sugar, Dextrose, or Priming Sugar. Not sure how much you want to buy and store. A quick search shows a number of different suppliers, one of them offering 10lbs for ~$22 including shipping. Brings it down to $2.20/lb which is well within the reasonable range. Another is offering 4lbs for $14.34 including shipping. I've paid as low as ~$1.75 by buying 10lbs, but as much as $3.75/lb ($14.99 for 4lbs)