2.02.2013

Hard Cider - The $9.00 experiment

The grape mead "Purple Drank" I made a while ago turned out awesome. So when i saw some apple juice the other day on clearance I picked up (8) 89oz jugs for $0.99 ea. Later when I got home I realized it had Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Benzoate, both are preservatives that don't play well with yeast production. I did some reading online, others say that if you make a starter it should still ferment out. I juiced 4 apples, tossed in some yeast nutrient, and a pack of lalvin EC-1118. Tomorrow ill either add a little more apple juice to double the starter or ill toss it in the 5 gallons of apple juice, along with 3lbs of brown sugar.

-bake








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baker's tap

  • NZ pale ale (?.?%abv)
  • kimosabe red (5.5%abv)
  • [primary] bunch of mead and cider
  • [secondary] bunch more mead and cider

merrill's tap

  • fender tremelo (7.1%abv)
  • gibson rickenbacker (6.49%abv)
  • IPA (6.7% abv)
  • {nitro} McFricker Stout (5.5%abv)
  • [secondary] merrill's hard cider
  • [gettin' sour] derBrynnerweisse

in the ferminator

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