Timeline for Which apples make the best cider?
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| Jan 25, 2011 at 16:02 | vote | accept | JackSmith | ||
| Aug 23, 2010 at 13:53 | comment | added | brewchez | BTW, I used the Fermentis S-04 English Ale yeast in my cider. | |
| Aug 23, 2010 at 12:56 | comment | added | JackSmith | I guess apple wine would have a higher alcohol content, too. I haven't looked into it, but I'm guessing that apple wine makers will chaptalize to get to the brix levels they need to hit 12% alcohol or so. I don't want to go that route. | |
| Aug 23, 2010 at 12:54 | comment | added | JackSmith | That's an interesting recipe. I called it "beer-style" to differentiate it from apple wine. I mean, fermented fruit juice is wine. Fermented apple juice is usually called cider. When it's carbonated and served from beer bottles, people tend to think of it as a sort-of beer. When it's left still and stored in wine bottles, people want to call it apple wine. Also, if I choose to use an ale yeast, that would make it more "beer-style" than if I went with a champagne yeast. | |
| Aug 23, 2010 at 12:42 | answer | added | brewchez | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 23, 2010 at 12:41 | comment | added | brewchez | I made a cider last year using 3 gallons of pasteurized cider right from the local orchard. The apples were a blend of nothing special, some mac, fujis and whatever. Very non descript. To that 3 gallons of cider I added 2 pounds of DME and one more gallon of water. I boiled the DME component for 15 minutes. Then dumped the cider in to repasteurize it in a sense. Turned out great and I called it malted cider. I only post that to address your "Beer_Style" comment. | |
| Aug 22, 2010 at 19:45 | comment | added | JackSmith | A little more detail: I plan to make a sparkling beer-style cider in beer bottles as apposed to still apple wine. My plan is to ferment it dry and bottle condition with priming sugar. | |
| Aug 22, 2010 at 19:11 | history | asked | JackSmith | CC BY-SA 2.5 |