I'll start by saying I have never made cider (I make all grain beer) and mead a few times. My local brewery make a very good apple cider that takes like an apple pie shooter (half apple sourpuss/half butter ripple + cinnamon). Their cider is 6%abv and has this description:
"A traditional style cider with strong notes of cinnamon, it has a pleasing dry rather than sweet finish"
So what I am thinking for ingredients:
-Apple juice (5 gals)
-cinnamon (probably start with a stick or two
-thinking about adding some brown sugar, dont know how much or how that works.
-have no idea what yeast to use (wanna hit 6%)
Was gonna boil a gal of the juice with the cinnamon and sugar and pour cooled in primary with the other 4. I have read about Campden tablets 1 per gal...can anyone with knowledge draw something up for me.
Thanks in advance
"A traditional style cider with strong notes of cinnamon, it has a pleasing dry rather than sweet finish"
So what I am thinking for ingredients:
-Apple juice (5 gals)
-cinnamon (probably start with a stick or two
-thinking about adding some brown sugar, dont know how much or how that works.
-have no idea what yeast to use (wanna hit 6%)
Was gonna boil a gal of the juice with the cinnamon and sugar and pour cooled in primary with the other 4. I have read about Campden tablets 1 per gal...can anyone with knowledge draw something up for me.
Thanks in advance