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17 years 1 month ago #19

beeristhereason Offline Posts: 854	nice job on the article, did your Idiot know that you would be introducing him as Idiot? Very helpful and i'm sure we'll see a lot more cider talk in here.

17 years 1 month ago #20

bog_myrtle Offline Posts: 562	Due to the simplicity of the method and the idiocy of our brewer we didn't take any hydrometer readings. The scissors were dangerous enough but we didn't think it would be safe for him to handle something so droppable. I think the cider would come out at about 6% though. And yes our brewer knew he would be playing the idiot!

17 years 1 month ago #21

a_friend_in_mead Offline Posts: 999	Due to the simplicity of the brew we don't know how strong it will be. From trying it before I would guess its about 6%. Though adding some apple juice just before drinking will obviously drop that a bit. Could you pour out a glass and then put the yeast in the carton and then just rest the lid back on? Id think the tinfoil lining thing would be ok.

17 years 1 month ago #22

poc Offline Posts: 455	Presumably you could measure the % when the cider is finished fermenting, just buy a fresh batch of the same apple juice and see what the OG of that is? I'd doubt that there'd be a huge variation between batches that there'd be a big margin of error.

17 years 1 month ago #23

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&quot;sbillings&quot;:2uyyk9zp wrote: You could prime with table sugar and bottle in traditional 2L brown plastic bottles if you want fizzy cider. I did this with beer in my kit and kilo days.[/quote:2uyyk9zp]
Great tutorial.

Was wondering at what stage you would prime with sugar/bottle? Would you let it go the full 8 weeks in the demi john and then bottle?

How long would you leave the bottles after sugaring?

(Sorry for all the questions.)

17 years 1 month ago #24

sbillings Offline Posts: 3582	Let it go the full 8 weeks then prime. Just add about three teaspoons of sugar to each 2 litre bottle, syphon the cider into the bottles, cap and shake to dissolve the sugar, leave somewhere warm to carbonate for a week then chill.

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