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