Cider labels

[PJford15]

New cider labels I made for the 15 gallons of cider I bottled this week. Let me know what you think.

 

[I_B_Mongo]

I like the idea of the name tags. Care sharing your recipe for the New England Cider? Sounds good!

 

[PJford15]

Sure,

First of all, I made 5 gallons of the straight cider with WLP775 English Cider Yeast. I used 5 gallons of Musselman's Apple Cider purchased at Wal-Mart. Then after a week I racked it into secondary and made the Spiced Cider on top of the yeast cake. I added 3.5 tsp. of pectic enzyme to each of the three secondary fermentations.

Spiced Cider was another 5 gallons of the same apple cider from Wal-Mart plus about 1 1/4 lbs. molasses. After racking that into secondary (on top of a water, 1/2 lb. molasses, 2 tsp. ground nutmeg, and 3 tsp. ground cinnamon tea that I had steeped on the stove) I added yet another 5 gallons of apple cider on top of the mega-yeast cake in the primary.

This was the New England Cider to which I also added 2 lbs. of Turbinado sugar, 3 lbs. of dark brown sugar, and a half pound of maple syrup. After racking to secondary I added 2 tsp. ground nutmeg and 3 tsp. ground cinnamon directly to the fermenter.

I let them all sit approx. 65-70 days and bottled. They had all fallen clear and tasted great. I think my favorite was the Spiced Cider. The New England needs a bit more cellar time in the bottles so the alcohol heat dissipates a bit. However, they're all good.

I primed the Cider and Spiced Cider with 5.5 oz priming sugar to give them about 3 volumes of CO2. The New England was primed with 3.5 oz to give it about 2.3 volumes.