New Home Fall Cider

Excellent Cider for the Fall. Compliments a night around the campfire very well.

Brewer:	Kristopher J. Nolan		Email:	krisandtina@earthlink.net
Beer:	New Home Fall Cider		Style:	American Wheat
Type:	All grain		Size:	4.5 gallons
Color:	4 HCU (~4 SRM)		Bitterness:	0 IBU
OG:	1.038		FG:	1.009
Alcohol:	3.7% v/v (2.9% w/w)
Water:	Household tap water. I have a household activated carbon de-chlorination system, so we have no Cl- in our water.
Grain:	2 lb. 0 oz. Wheat malt
Mash:	76% efficiency
	Mash the wheat malt at 160...sparge out at 100 to 5.5 gallons.
Boil:	60 minutes	SG 1.031	5.5 gallons
	1 lb. Brown sugar 1 lb. Corn sugar 12 oz. Honey
	Add 10 pounds of sliced fresh apples (I have trees in my yard, so I use the non-edible ones for cider) to the mash before it boils. Allow the apples to remain in through the boil until you have boil-over problems. Remove the apples. Add 4 tsp of cinnamon to the boil after you remove the apples.
Hops:
Yeast:	Good quality Champagne yeast. It began to ferment within 6 hours of putting into the fermenter.
Tasting:	CHEERS!

Recipe posted 09/03/01.