D the Catastrophist
Well-Known Member
This was my attempt at cider using store bought juice:
1 gallon Treetop brand pure pressed juice from honeycrisp.(this was the most cider like I could find with no preservatives and started with that nice brown color real ciders have).
2 Granny Smith apples, shredded and bagged.
1 cup strong Earl Grey Tea(2 bags).
K1 yeast(activated per instructions).
Starting SG was 1.046.
Removed shredded apple after 1 week when SG was 1.00.
Racked to secondary today and boy is it cloudy. It will be interesting to see how long it takes to settle out. I plan to rack again and add priming sugar once it clears a bit.
This was the starting juice.
This is it after racking.
1 gallon Treetop brand pure pressed juice from honeycrisp.(this was the most cider like I could find with no preservatives and started with that nice brown color real ciders have).
2 Granny Smith apples, shredded and bagged.
1 cup strong Earl Grey Tea(2 bags).
K1 yeast(activated per instructions).
Starting SG was 1.046.
Removed shredded apple after 1 week when SG was 1.00.
Racked to secondary today and boy is it cloudy. It will be interesting to see how long it takes to settle out. I plan to rack again and add priming sugar once it clears a bit.
This was the starting juice.