Gallons of cider made 2023

[Beekeeper]

Time to get the count rolling for this year. I have started 4.5 gallons of simple apple cider in a corny keg.

0 gallons plus 4.5 = 4.5

 

[Lampy]

4.5 + 0.75 = 5.25 gal

 

[JulianDave]

5.25 + 1 ice cider = 6.25 gal

 

[teddyearp]

Friday is my bottle-n-brew day so this is the fourth Friday, that's 8 plus a gallon of Jack slow fermenting.

6.25 + 9 = 15.25

 

[teddyearp]

Come on man! Is this all so far? I've got another six plus just laid in a gallon for Jack. Those usually take at last four weeks.

15.25 + 7 = 22.25

 

[Laowai]

I made some apple wine (cider with sugar added). Does this count?

 

[teddyearp]

I made some apple wine (cider with sugar added). Does this count?

I always add sugar.

 

[Laowai]

Well in that case, I just made 31 gallons (my Kroger had Indian Summer apple juice on clearance for $2/gal).

22.25 + 31.0 = 53.25

 

[Beekeeper]

Well in that case, I just made 31 gallons (my Kroger had Indian Summer apple juice on clearance for $2/gal).

22.25 + 31.0 = 53.25

Good job on catching that sale. I ran into the problem of fermenting too soon, so I stockpile the juice when on sale, but only ferment what the household will consume so that it doesn't get too tart, or worse.

 

[teddyearp]

Well in that case, I just made 31 gallons (my Kroger had Indian Summer apple juice on clearance for $2/gal).

22.25 + 31.0 = 53.25

$2/gallon?!? I suddenly hate your face! It is a joke. I'm using Great Value 3 qt for $3. Color me jealous.

That said, another week, another 2 gals.

53.25 + 2 = 55.25

 

[DaveC73]

10 gal Louisburg Original, 6 gal Mangrove Jack's cider kit, 3 gal cortland/liberty blend, 1 gal Arkansas black and 3 gal perry. So 23 gal total!

55.25 + 23 = 78.25

I've also made 4 gal of ginger wine, 1.5 gal grapefruit wine and 2 gal feijoa wine, but I do them "cider style". Sparkling and about 8% abv. Do these count? Or no apples, no way?

 

[Maylar]

Depends on where you are in the world. US, UK and most of Europe, cider = apples and any other fermented fruit is wine. In Italy, wine = grapes and any other fermented fruit is cider. Go figure.

 

[Raptor99]

According the US legal code:

The term wine applies "...only if containing not less than 7 per centum and not more than 24 per centum of alcohol by volume."

27 U.S. Code § 211 - Miscellaneous provisions

www.law.cornell.edu

I'm not sure that there is a clear rule for the a general term for a fermented beverage with less than 7% ABV made from a fruit other than apples, such as hard lemonade or hard ginger ale. If they are at least 7% ABV, then in the US they are legally "wine."

If I am reading this article correctly, it sounds like in the EU only beverages made from fermented grapes can legally be sold as "wine." European Union wine regulations - Wikipedia Maybe someone in the EU can shed some light on this.

Of course, since making it for your own consumption you can call it anything you want.

 

[Maylar]

According the US legal code:

27 U.S. Code § 211 - Miscellaneous provisions

www.law.cornell.edu

I'm not sure that there is a clear rule for the a general term for a fermented beverage with less than 7% ABV made from a fruit other than apples, such as hard lemonade or hard ginger ale. If they are at least 7% ABV, then in the US they are legally "wine."

If I am reading this article correctly, it sounds like in the EU only beverages made from fermented grapes can legally be sold as "wine." European Union wine regulations - Wikipedia Maybe someone in the EU can shed some light on this.

Of course, since making it for your own consumption you can call it anything you want.

I believe that the US legal definitions exist for tax purposes - wine is taxed at a higher rate than cider and less than liquor.

We had a member here from the UK who asked about making "grape cider". It seems there was a local pub selling low ABV sparkling wine on tap and he wanted to duplicate it. Google was failing him

 

[Lampy]

Just threw together a small batch of apple wine.
78.25 + 0.75 = 79

 

[jdauria]

My first batch of cider in 12+ years of brewing:

79 +2.5 gallons New World Cider

= 81.5 gallons

 

[eman676]

Just bottled gallon #1 for me this year. Pasteurized Local Cider and Nottingham Yeast. Bottle Carb'd.

81.5 + 1 gallon Basic Hard Cider

= 82.5 gallons

 

[DaveC73]

2 gal base apple cider, 1 gal tart cherry cider, 1 gal mulberry cider and 1 gal cyser (my first):

82.5 + 5 = 87.5

 

[teddyearp]

Five more weeks, ten more gallons. Used Cote's instead of EC-1118 for my jack, and it is taking a long time. this winter here has been a bit colder than usual.

87.5 + 10 = 97.5

 

[Lampy]

1.25 White Grape Apple Cider

97.5 + 1.25 = 98.75

 

[teddyearp]

1.25 White Grape Apple Cider

97.5 + 1.25 = 98.75

Hmm. I've been thinking about making some hooch from a grape juice, white or dark, but never thought the grape and apple would go together.

 

[Lampy]

Hmm. I've been thinking about making some hooch from a grape juice, white or dark, but never thought the grape and apple would go together.

I read somewhere on here that mixing some white grape juice into the apple juice makes for a more "white wine" flavor. The grape juice did have sorbate in its ingredients, but that was diluted by the apple juice and fermentation did kick off eventually. Hasn't finished yet though, so I can't speak of the results.

 

[teddyearp]

Kicked off two more gallons last Friday as well as started another of Jack.

98.75 + 3 = 101.75

Gonna have to compare this some day to the other threads.

 

[Dangeruss]

5 gal of black currant cider 101.75+5= 106.75

 

[teddyearp]

Four more weeks, eight gallons plus one slow brew for special cider.

106.75 + 9 = 115.75

 

[Chalkyt]

Sixteen litres (4.3 gallons). More to come when I crush the apples...
115.75 + 4.3 = let's round it off to 120