"Pumpple Bee Cider" pumpkin pie test brew

[Scientific hippie]

you must pull off a pretty health "sample"

My flavoring arrived today; the ciders have a ways to go. I am distracting myself with freshly made 3-day mead and kombucha. I just started a batch of Bray's 3-day mead (aka "the BOMM"); it was a real workout getting 2.5 lbs of honey to dissolve in under a gallon of water!

 

[Scientific hippie]

My flavoring arrived today; the ciders have a ways to go. I am distracting myself with freshly made 3-day mead and kombucha. I just started a batch of Bray's 3-day mead (aka "the BOMM"); it was a real workout getting 2.5 lbs of honey to dissolve in under a gallon of water!

Oops! I meant Bray's one-month mead (aka "the BOMM.") It's an interesting recipe, very exact. You start with a gallon of spring water, pour off a certain amount, pour it into your vessel, and mark the water level. Then you pour off an additional amount of water and mark that lower level. I may be a scientist, but physical chem was never my strong suit. As I labored to get the honey to dissolve in the water, the level kept lowering and I kept adding more honey. Then, at some point, the volume increased and the level is above the upper line! Chemists, help me out!

 

[Justwingnit]

Oops! I meant Bray's one-month mead (aka "the BOMM.") It's an interesting recipe, very exact. You start with a gallon of spring water, pour off a certain amount, pour it into your vessel, and mark the water level. Then you pour off an additional amount of water and mark that lower level. I may be a scientist, but physical chem was never my strong suit. As I labored to get the honey to dissolve in the water, the level kept lowering and I kept adding more honey. Then, at some point, the volume increased and the level is above the upper line! Chemists, help me out!

it is still young its only been 12 days after pitching yeast but i have more information for anyone following this thread. i made a puree that taste great and i got some of the prior mentioned flavoring too, i actually did a great job with the puree, vanilla, and splenda but it seperates even after putting the mix into a glass. the flavoring on the other hand is a liquid and i think it turned out great and it dont seperate, for now the batch is in secondarily it has some extras in it too. after i fine tune the flavoring and i bottle it I'll repost exact recipe and procedure heare and in cider recipe forum.

Larry
Toxic Cellar

 

[Justwingnit]

Today was bottling day, it's been 26 days now, I racked it to a bottling bucket at 20 days and put 10 sticks of cinnamon in it and some sobrante, it finished out at about 10.33% abv. I had a little under 3 gallon left after all the Lee's dropped out and tracking and sampling. I Back flavored 3/4 gallon and racked the other two gallons into gallon jugs.
Back flavoring turned out great, I'll let you know what friends think of it.
Recipe for flavoring...
3/4 gallon of 10.33 abv cider, 1/4 gallon base cider (unfermented) dropping abv to 7.75% abv, added 8 tsp splenda, 16 tsp fresh honey, 2 tsp real liquid vanilla, 4 tsp of pumpkin extract (link given earlier in this thread) mix and bottle. I'm thinking it needs a little more pumpkin extract, but so far this is the best tasting stuff I have ever made (according to a sampler that has tried every batch I have made)

I still have two gallons to play with so look for an update from me when i play with it. I'm thinking at 6 months and again at a year.

 

[Justwingnit]

It may never clear. But it is good.