ThatITGuy
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone,
First time poster, first time making cider myself. (I've assisted with some batches previously)
I am doing a batch of cider using the following recipe:
18L "Allen's 100% Apple Juice"
1 KG Yellow (light brown) sugar
2 TSP Yeast Nutrient
1 pk Lalvin EC-1118
I dissolved all sugar in 6L of warm juice, poured remaining juice into primary ferm bucket at height for aeration. Took my OG reading, came in at 1.056 then added my yeast nutrient then stirred well. Rehydrated then pitched my yeast.
I had a tiny bit of foam coming through my airlock on the first day, but it has stopped after a couple of minor clean ups and replacing the airlock. I anticipated this, as I only had about 2" of headspace in my bucket.
It's been happily bubbling away, today is only day 2. I'm mainly posting this to document the process for myself. I wanted to add Pectic Enzyme during fermentation but I couldn't this time. I may still do this when I rack to secondary.
Planning to use Xylitol for sweetening and Dextrose/Corn Sugar for carb. I'll be bottling to 1L PET bottles.
Let me know if you have any questions or comments, always looking for C&C!
First time poster, first time making cider myself. (I've assisted with some batches previously)
I am doing a batch of cider using the following recipe:
18L "Allen's 100% Apple Juice"
1 KG Yellow (light brown) sugar
2 TSP Yeast Nutrient
1 pk Lalvin EC-1118
I dissolved all sugar in 6L of warm juice, poured remaining juice into primary ferm bucket at height for aeration. Took my OG reading, came in at 1.056 then added my yeast nutrient then stirred well. Rehydrated then pitched my yeast.
I had a tiny bit of foam coming through my airlock on the first day, but it has stopped after a couple of minor clean ups and replacing the airlock. I anticipated this, as I only had about 2" of headspace in my bucket.
It's been happily bubbling away, today is only day 2. I'm mainly posting this to document the process for myself. I wanted to add Pectic Enzyme during fermentation but I couldn't this time. I may still do this when I rack to secondary.
Planning to use Xylitol for sweetening and Dextrose/Corn Sugar for carb. I'll be bottling to 1L PET bottles.
Let me know if you have any questions or comments, always looking for C&C!
