easy recipe for this flavor profile? (scumpy jack)

[Deathshead]

Hi there everyone, the orchards here will be pressing in about 2 weeks and i would like to make my own cider for the first time.

My favorite cider is Scrumpy jack from the uk, but i cannot find it here.

the flavor profile is of very fresh sweet-tart crisp apples.
I have tried every cider available here in the us and to me not much else comes close to Scrumpy jack.

Alot of ciders i have tried have a very winey or champagne flavor,
I do not want ANY wine/champagne flavors whatsoever!.

What type of yeasts would be best for what im trying to do?

I would like to ferment right in the plastic gallon containers that the cider comes in but with airlocks, (cheaper this way and i can make several different batches and blend, etc..) instead of making 5 gallons at once and having it get ruined..

Would anyone have a recipe for the flavor im going after, but scaled down to 1 gal. batches?
Im not sure how much sugar and yeast.


Also, I have been told that there isnt anyway to have a sweeter cider if i want to prime and bottle in 16oz soda bottles, that the yeasts will eat up all the sugar and the cider will be VERY dry.

I have also heard of bottling and stopping fermentation by putting the bottled product in the dishwasher for a cycle.

Cany anyone give me some tips?
thanks!
J

 

[mrk305]

Fermenting in the plastic gallons works great. I have been doing that with Edworts Apfelwine for a while now. You can even reuse the yeast cake for several batches. That stuff is real dry and champagne like though because you add lots of sucrose.