help with a recipe please

[TylerS]

I have started a recipe from Andy Hamiltons "booze for free". its called sort of cider. I don't quite understand how to do a certain part and was hoping someone could clear it up please.

ingredients are
1kg apples
500g sugar
4 litres water
thumb sized piece of bruised ginger
half tsp cloves
champagne yeast

"wash the apples and grate into a fermentation bin. top up with the water and add yeast. leave lightly covered for five to ten days. strain into a demijohn add the sugar and spices and shake vigorously. leave for another ten days before siphoning into screwtop bottles."

now my question is do I add the ginger whole? and after its in the demijohn do I strain everything out before I bottle?

thanks for any advice

 

[Yooper]

now my question is do I add the ginger whole? and after its in the demijohn do I strain everything out before I bottle?

thanks for any advice

It seems like you would add the ginger whole.

I have no idea how you'd get all the stuff out of the demijohn- maybe you should make it in a bucket, and then rack (siphon) to the demijohn after a few days.

Normally, I put my apples and things in a big mesh bag in the primary, and then after 5-7 days, I pull the bag out and squeeze it, and then move the wine/cider to the carboy and airlock it.

 

[TylerS]

thanks. hmm I'll have a think