Samurai Gringo Hard Cider

[damien]

Let's try this one more again.
2 1/gal solana gold autumn harvest flash pasteurized apple cider
1 packet lalvin ec -1118 champagne yeast pitched into 2oz 105*F sterilized water for ten min.
O.G. 1.054
Saw first activity after 17 hours. That was on 2011/12/30. I'm taking another gravity tomorrow/ tasting. The airlock fermented like crazy but I didn't loose any cider the airlock is not so busy these days and I think I can bottle on the 13th of this month.
After I bottle this batch I will be fermenting 3 gal of cider from apple hill with a saison yeast.

 

[damien]

Let's try this one more again.
2 1/gal solana gold autumn harvest flash pasteurized apple cider
1 packet lalvin ec -1118 champagne yeast pitched into 2oz 105*F sterilized water for ten min.
O.G. 1.054
Saw first activity after 17 hours. That was on 2011/12/30. I'm taking another gravity tomorrow/ tasting. The airlock fermented like crazy but I didn't loose any cider the airlock is not so busy these days and I think I can bottle on the 13th of this month.
After I bottle this batch I will be fermenting 3 gal of cider from apple hill with a saison yeast.

Took a gravity reading and it was already at 1.012 I bottled a couple and let the rest sit till Friday taste is very strong apples without any sweetness.

 

[Pickled_Pepper]

Did you bottle in champagne bottles with corks and wires or just beer bottles with caps?

That champagne yeast is going to eat through those last sugars present and depending on wether you added any priming sugar, you could end up with some bottle pressure issues.

 

[damien]

Did you bottle in champagne bottles with corks and wires or just beer bottles with caps?

That champagne yeast is going to eat through those last sugars present and depending on wether you added any priming sugar, you could end up with some bottle pressure issues.

Belgian bottles with plastic corks/ wires

 

[damien]

Did you bottle in champagne bottles with corks and wires or just beer bottles with caps?

That champagne yeast is going to eat through those last sugars present and depending on wether you added any priming sugar, you could end up with some bottle pressure issues.

Also I didn't add any priming sugar....

 

[Pickled_Pepper]

nice. Look forward to hearing how it turns out.

 

[damien]

I bottled the rest today the specific gravity had fallen to 1.003 and 1.004 for each of the gallons.... I labeled all the bottles and crossed my fingers. Tomorrow I'm picking up the 3 gallons of juice from two rivers cider company to start brewing with the saison yeast and an ale yeast I recently picked up. If those yeasts finishes quickly I may have 3 submissions for next months hard cider competition. Wish me luck!! Cheers

 

[MarkKF]

Belgian bottles with plastic corks/ wires

Can u just press those in manually or do you need a corker?

 

[Pumbaa]

you can, but trust me get a corker . . . .

 

[damien]

you can, but trust me get a corker . . . .

Yes get a corker or borrow one