How strong is my cider?

[PaperStreetSoapCo]

So I've been fermenting apple juice the easiest possible way, by purchasing two litre bottles of juice, adding one cup of white sugar, one teaspoon of Fliechman's yeast and covering it with a perforated, unlubricated condom for a vent.

I've brewed about one hundred bottles now and everyone loves it. I leave it for about two weeks and it comes out much dryer, tasting like an alcoholic drink.

Would anyone have an idea of what the alcohol percentage might be?

 

[pricelessbrewing]

Condom airlock. Gross. Just get a baloon...
Without measuring the og and fg, I would take a guess around 7-8. Assuming the juice you use has a similar og from what I've seen.

 

[PaperStreetSoapCo]

Okay, that gives me a better idea. Thanks pricelessbrewing.

Also, condoms are sterile. I wouldn't put a dirty baloon in contact with the brew.

 

[pricelessbrewing]

Clean it and spray with star san then. Or on second thought, label your cider and say it's brewed with love.

 

[Asgard]

Just buy a airlock. They only cost $1.50. That's around the same price as the damn condom! And then, you know, you aren't using a condom for an airlock!

 

[Asgard]

So in all seriousness to your original question, if it's definitely dry it should be >6% abv as straight apple juice should be a little above 5% and adding sugar will raise that. For a few bucks you can buy a hydrometer and find out, though, and if you're making the same recipe over and over again that would be a good idea.

 

[dfc]

I'm here from the 8 beers not to buy thread.

 

[rocketsan]

At what point of the day do they have the inmates' social?


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[MoonDawg]

My friend, have you heard of a HYDROMETER? This is a simple device that gives an approximate ABV%. Use it to measure an I.G.(initial Gravity)at the outset of primary fermentation and a F.G.(final gravity) at the conclusion of primary fementation. HOWEVER, i generally add 1 cup of refined sugar PER GALLON of apple juice-and according to my hydrometer this generally yields approximately 6.8 %ABV. Since you're adding 1 cup per 2 liters, your ABV% may be higher.( Depending on, of course, the alchohol tolerance of your yeast strain.