http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=122558
CiderBock:
Makes 3 gallons (size to whatever you want to make)
Ingredients:
3 gallons of apple juice with no additives/preservatives
2 lbs of corn sugar
1 pkg Montrachet yeast
3/4 teaspoon Potassium Sorbate (after fermentation to prevent refermentation)
Backsweetening Ingredients:
5 12 oz cans of apple juice concentrate (save two empty cans)
1 12 oz can (used from above) of brown sugar
1 12 oz can (used from above) of pure molasses
Fermentables
25% - Tree Top Apple Juice - 64 fl. oz
3
49
4
Mash
17% - Corn Sugar (Dextrose) - US
2
46
0
Late
42% - Old Orchard Apple Juice Frozen - 12 oz
5
0
0
Mash
8% - Molasses
1
36
80
Late
8% - Brown Sugar - US
1
46
10
Late
Hops
No hops in this recipe
Yeast
Red Star Montrachet Yeast
90%
Other Stuff
Potassium Sorbate
0.75
tsp
Mash
Mash Steps
No mash steps in this recipe
Special Instructions
1.Mix 3 gallons of apple juice and 2 lbs of corn sugar thoroughly until all corn sugar is completely dissolved in your fermenter.
2.After mixing, sit for about an hour.
3.Take a gravity reading (~1.070.) pitch yeast, and ferment for 8 weeks.
4.After 8 weeks, add 3/4 teaspoon of potassium sorbate to the fermenter.
5.After adding the potassium sorbate, leave cider in the fermenter for at least 24 hours.
6.Take a gravity reading (~0.996).
7.Transfer your cider to a bottling bucket/keg
8.Empty contents of 5 12 oz cans of frozen apple juice concentrate into a large bowl and set aside.
9.Fill one of the empty 12 oz cans with pure molasses and dump into the bottling bucket.
10.Fill another 12 oz can with brown sugar and dump into the bottling bucket.
11.Stir the cider until the brown sugar and molasses are completely dissolved. This may take a few minutes.
12.After completely dissolved, add thawed apple juice and stir well.
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