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Tantalar

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Hey all, I am new here. I absolutely love cider and I want to learn how to make cheap tasty cider

I read a ton of information on the internet and was bored tonight so I decided to fool around a little bit.

I took a gallon of Mott's cider, mixed it in with some unwashed, blended organic apples as well as a bag of non organic washed apples in a blender and then heated it up but didn't boil it. I then put it into 8 different bottles with varying amounts of white/brown sugar and or honey and maple syrup as well as raisins. I am just using rubber balloons right now to keep the bottles covered.

I didn't use any yeast packets. To make a long story short lets just say I cant get my hands on any yeast at the moment very easily so I am making this attempt without any yeast added.

I just have a few quick questions that maybe some cider master would be able to help a cider noob out with :)

If this isn't a complete waste of time and like $10... Is there any chance it will work? I am keeping the bottles stored in a dark room temperature between 60 and 70 (about 67) any idea when I should notice fermentation? If nothing happens in a few days should I just assume that I killed off the natural yeast by mistake? If I did kill off the natural yeast would I be able to just add yeast to that which has sat for a few days? Thanks for any help!!
 
all you need is the peels of the organic apples. Its best to make a starter first though. no need to heat it at all. If it gets too hot the yeast will die... i think this is well below boiling.
 
Is there any chance it will work?

Depends on how hot your juice got, you might have killed off any remaining wild yeast, only time will tell. People use wild yeast to ferment apple juice into hard cider with favourable results, but they don't heat their juice. I'd sugest you read CivilleKevin's sticky (at the top of this forum) as he's done some extensive research on this & other cider techniques. If your cider doesn't start fermentation in a couple of days, you could try adding more of the organic apples, or just go buy a packet of yeast, it'l cost you about $1. Regards, GF.
 
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