sconnie said:My next question would be, what could i do to get a cider that's a little on the sweet side? Add some sugar, or a different kind of yeast perhaps?
sconnie said:i guess i'm neutral on bubbles, as i've never had cider, with or without them.:cross:
But, if i made it bubbly, when would i add the sugar, and how much should i add? Also, what yeast would be best?
thanks for all your help guys
Walker-san said:If you can't find cider yeast, try champaign or a clean ale yeast.
-walker
I stumbled over a thread on this forum a couple days ago. I had already been through a couple pumpkin ales, but basically what I read was that it's possible that something in your saliva was actually the catalyst for fermentation, assuming you drank straight out of the jug.There are some tribes that chew (some kind of) leaves and spit them out into a large pile and make an alcoholic beverage.I had a really easy way of fermenting cider. I'd buy a jug of unfiltered cider in a plastic jug. I'd drink half of it, then leave the rest in the jug on the counter for one or two weeks, opening it up every so often to let the pressure out. The time fermented usually corresponded with how dry it became. It would also be sparkling to a certain amount. When it was done, it was mildly alcoholic, still fairly sweet, and very tasty.
Not saying this is ideal, or that it'll work all the time. I'm not quite sure what it was that fermented the cider. It may have been a wild yeast from the apples (although I think it was pasteurized), or perhaps some sort of malolactic fermentation was taking place.
Making it by the gallon makes sense for storage. Last time I made 5 gallons and took up my entire apt sized fridg.
How the heck do you divide up the yeast (dry) to do a gallon at a time? Spill in on a plate and the make up little piles of equal size??? Then put them i small zip locks in the house fridge?
i bought a small digital scale from amazon and split yeast up by weight. Worked like a charm the few times i've done it.
You guys are scaring me with the "drinking out of the jug" and "spit" bit Sterile technique is important
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