I recently made two meads and two ciders. Here is the graff recipe I made:
Grams Graff Cider
2# 2 row malt
2# 6 row malt
1# crystal 30L
.75# crystal 120L
.25# flaked wheat
1oz. Mt Hood (30 min)
4 gal. fresh pressed cider
S04 yeast
Mashed grains with 7.5 qts water @ 154* for 75 minutes
Heated to 168* to mashout
Rinsed with 4 qts water @ 170*
Brought wort to a boil and added hops for the last 30 minutes
Cooled wort and added 4 gallons cider
Pitched S04 yeast starter
Fermented about 65* for two weeks
OG - 1.056
FG - ???
Still in primary, plan on crash chilling then bottling this weekend
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Cranberry Cider recipe
2.5 gallons Fresh Cider
12 oz. Cranberries (frozen then thawed)
1.18 pounds sugar
1 tsp yeast nutrient
1 tsp pectic enzyme
1 tsp irish moss
cranberries were pulse chopped in a food processor and simmered in 4 cups cider heated to 130*, Sugar was also added and dissolved, then cooled.
Irish moss was boiled in 1 cup water for 10 minutes, then added to cranberry mixture.
The cranberry mixture was added to the primary and fresh cider was poured on top, mixed, aerated and yeast starter pitched.
OG - 1.066
Fermented to 1.003, then crash chilled in garage (15*) for 18 hours.
4 oz sugar boiled in 1 cup water for 10 minutes, then dumped into primary and cooled.
Cider was racked into bottling bucket, mixed and bottled
FG - 1.010
24 - 12oz. bottles exactly
I plan on letting them carb up, start checking them for carb level in a few days then pasturize them.
The gravity sample tasted great, just enough cranberry flavor and tartness.
:rockin:
Grams Graff Cider
2# 2 row malt
2# 6 row malt
1# crystal 30L
.75# crystal 120L
.25# flaked wheat
1oz. Mt Hood (30 min)
4 gal. fresh pressed cider
S04 yeast
Mashed grains with 7.5 qts water @ 154* for 75 minutes
Heated to 168* to mashout
Rinsed with 4 qts water @ 170*
Brought wort to a boil and added hops for the last 30 minutes
Cooled wort and added 4 gallons cider
Pitched S04 yeast starter
Fermented about 65* for two weeks
OG - 1.056
FG - ???
Still in primary, plan on crash chilling then bottling this weekend
________________________________________________________________
Cranberry Cider recipe
2.5 gallons Fresh Cider
12 oz. Cranberries (frozen then thawed)
1.18 pounds sugar
1 tsp yeast nutrient
1 tsp pectic enzyme
1 tsp irish moss
cranberries were pulse chopped in a food processor and simmered in 4 cups cider heated to 130*, Sugar was also added and dissolved, then cooled.
Irish moss was boiled in 1 cup water for 10 minutes, then added to cranberry mixture.
The cranberry mixture was added to the primary and fresh cider was poured on top, mixed, aerated and yeast starter pitched.
OG - 1.066
Fermented to 1.003, then crash chilled in garage (15*) for 18 hours.
4 oz sugar boiled in 1 cup water for 10 minutes, then dumped into primary and cooled.
Cider was racked into bottling bucket, mixed and bottled
FG - 1.010
24 - 12oz. bottles exactly
I plan on letting them carb up, start checking them for carb level in a few days then pasturize them.
The gravity sample tasted great, just enough cranberry flavor and tartness.
:rockin:
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