Huh, musta forgot...
Yeah....ZERO Keev. Cider turned out nice. Quite tart, needed backsweetening back to 1.017ish (1.02 max). It did stop at 1.006, and many batches before had gone negative.
Crabs gave it a wonderful amber hue. Its tart, but not like a fake green apple tart. Lightly carbonated, my homebrew swapping buddy wants more. Said "not sharing this with anyone". I'll see if I can get a pic of the cider by next week. (just being a realist)
The crab must was profilewise, very similar to cranberry. both in color and astringency.
I've blended the final with sweet cider (frozen from pressing) and clear apple juice.
The cider is better tasting by far, but the filtered apple juice allowed me to maintain a clear product.
Cider does not want to carb easily though. I forget the pressure I had to crank it to initially, but its like it doesnt want to "hold" any Co2.
hey Hokie....forgot to add....I'm up to my neck like Toluse Latrec......
Joe, so how'd it go?
Yeah....ZERO Keev. Cider turned out nice. Quite tart, needed backsweetening back to 1.017ish (1.02 max). It did stop at 1.006, and many batches before had gone negative.
Crabs gave it a wonderful amber hue. Its tart, but not like a fake green apple tart. Lightly carbonated, my homebrew swapping buddy wants more. Said "not sharing this with anyone". I'll see if I can get a pic of the cider by next week. (just being a realist)
The crab must was profilewise, very similar to cranberry. both in color and astringency.
I've blended the final with sweet cider (frozen from pressing) and clear apple juice.
The cider is better tasting by far, but the filtered apple juice allowed me to maintain a clear product.
Cider does not want to carb easily though. I forget the pressure I had to crank it to initially, but its like it doesnt want to "hold" any Co2.
hey Hokie....forgot to add....I'm up to my neck like Toluse Latrec......
Joe, so how'd it go?
