Yeast pitch rate for cider

[jmartie13]

I've read a couple articles that said a packet of yeast per gallon of cider, but I was talking to a guy that said it would taste "yeasty" with that much yeast. would 5 packets of champagne yeast for 5 gallons of cider make it taste like yeast? No sugar added, 1.050 cider.

 

[BostonianBrewer]

Use one packet of yeast no matter what you use

 

[BostonianBrewer]

Nottingham , Montrachet , Cotes De Blanc , Premier cuvée ... Ect

 

[Wayneh]

One pack for 5gal. It would be so much over kill and way yeasty if you did 5. The guy who said 1 pack per gallon was wrong.

 

[Wayneh]

Nottingham is a great yeast for cider.

 

[jmartie13]

Damn. Just found something that said there is 20 billion cells per gram of dry yeast on average, so that would be pitching 500 billion cells....I guess I should have researched a little more before doing it.

 

[Wayneh]

You'll just have to taste it when it's done fermenting. Rack it to a secondary as soon as it slows down. If its really yeasty add 16oz of prune juice to help neutralize the yeasty taste. Just a thought.

 

[TBaGZ]

Prune juice?


"Here is a glass of my cider. Bathroom is down the hall."

 

[Wayneh]

Lol. Not enough to do that.

 

[Albionwood]

I actually underpitch, often use half a packet or less (in a 5 or 6 gallon batch), in an attempt to slow down fermentation. Unlike beer, cider benefits from a long, slow ferment; it loses less of the volatile aroma compounds. Sometimes this doesn't work, but it sure beats pitching five packets and blowing out the airlock!