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Easy Apple Cider
I thought I'd try to make some hard apple cider and it turned out great!
| Brewer: | Scott Holub | Email: | jim.bunch@excite.com | |||||
| Beer: | Easy Apple Cider | Style: | Cider | |||||
| Type: | Extract | Size: | 7/8 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 0 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.137 | FG: | 1.020 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 15.1% v/v (11.9% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | Pasturized apple cider from the supermarket (1 gal) | |||||||
| Grain: | 3/4 lb. Sugars in Juice (Do NOT add this, just for OG calc) | |||||||
| Boil: | 10 minutes | SG 1.641 | 3/16 gallons | |||||
| 2.5 lb. Fructose (or 5 cups) | ||||||||
| In 3 cups of apple juice, add 3 TBS Lemon Juice, 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/8 tsp yeast nutrient 1/4 tsp irish moss |
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| Yeast: | Lalvin Dried Champange Yeast (pitched dry right into jug) | |||||||
| Log: | Remove 6 cups of cider from the gallon jug it came in. Leave the rest in there and keep the lid on. Drink or set aside 3 cups of the juice. Put the other 3 cups in a sauce pan for the boil. Add all ingredients, boil for 10 min. Pour back into jug of juice. Mix well and pour off some to leave a little head space and get a hydrometer reading. Pitch yeast. attatch air lock. Swirl in yeast after 20 min. Bubbles right away. | |||||||
Recipe posted 10/06/00.