If you prefer a drier cider, this base will be a great go-to. This recipe can also be used as a base for other flavor combinations.
Quantity this makes: 362 oz.
Ingredients:
- 13 gallons fresh cider
- 1 gallon fresh crab apple cider
- 3 cups brown sugar
- 5 Tbsp yeast nutrient
- 2 1/2 Tbsp Energizer
- 4 campden tablets
- Yeast Type: Premier Blanc
- See instructions for yeast starter
Starting Information:
Starting Gravity: 1.042 Added Sugar: 3 cups brown sugar Corrected Gravity: 1.050 pH Adjustment: 3.2
Method:
- Add cider and ingredients to carboy and airlock overnight.
- Make yeast starter
- Add yeast 24 hours later
- Base was divided for sub-batches for other flavoring. Remaining dry base was bottled. 50 grams of sugar added for bottle carbonation. S.P. 1.005
Racking:
- Batch started on 10/13 – Gravity: 1.010
- Racked on 11/12 – Gravity: 1.000, pH: 3.2
Bottling
- Bottled on 12/7
- Gravity: 1.000
- pH: 3.2
- Final Alcohol Percentage: 6.5%
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