English Cider Recipe - Apple Cider from Cellar Apples

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Apple Cider from Cellar Apples

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All Grain
5 Gallon(s)
0 Gallon(s)
5 min
100%
Had four 5-gallons buckets of homegrown apples in the root cellar that needed to be used or lost around Jan 1. Decided to make this cider.

Fermentables

100% - Pressed apple juice
40
7
20
Mash

Hops

No hops in this recipe

Yeast

Red Star Pasteur Champagne
90%

Other Stuff

No other stuff in this recipe

Mash Steps

No mash steps in this recipe

Special Instructions

1.
Shredded apples by hand with Mandolin
2.
Used Big Stix immersion blender to make pulp
3.
Pressed by hand in nylon bags
4.
Put juice in 5 gallon glass carboy, O.G. 1.055
5.
Added pectinase (4 days later S.G. 1.020)
6.
Pitched yeast at room temperature (expired 4 years stored 4C)
7.
Racked to a 6 gallon carboy after 7 days
8.
Topped off with 1 gallon Musselmans cider (its S.G. 1.048)
9.
Racked to Jugs after 10 days, S.G. 1.005
10.
At carbonation, sweetened with 1/2 tsp per liter with homemade nonfermentable sweetner (Daddy's sweetstuff 1:3 citrate)

Tasting Notes (1)

PepperRanchBrewer

Tasted on 2/17/2019 by PepperRanchBrewer

Notes:

Delightfully crisp, dry, and very fruity. Clean finish. Very pleased. Tastes like homegrown apples.

Recipe Facts

Apple Cider from Cellar Apples
English Cider
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 5  min Boil Time
  • 1.056 OG
  • 1.006 FG
  • 0.0 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.00 BG:GU
  • 49.4° SRM Color
  • 100% Efficiency
  • 6.5% ABV Alcohol
  • 184 per 12oz Calories
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