apple cider

[monsteroyd]

Hey all,

Got some batches bottled yesterday, and decided to make something for thanksgiving. So I pickd up a couple of gallons of Apple Juice at Costco, no preservatives. I was thinking of what to use for sugar to get the gravity up. I normally use Honey or light brown sugar, but I saw I had a couple of frozen apple juice concentrates, so they were chosen.

I Boiled 1 quart of water, and at flame out, I added 8 oz of lactose and the 2 cans of frozen concentrate. I put one gallon of the juice in the fermenter, added the quart of lactose/concentrate, and topped off with the remaining gallon of concentrate. The og came out at 1.055 which was exactly what I was shooting for. Hydrated a couple packs of Pasteur Cuvee, and its in the Fermentator.

I hope this has some good apple flavor. Has anyone ever used apple concentrate as sugar? I got the idea, because about the only way to do a cider in Beersmith is to treat the juice as sugar, so the can of concentrate came out to 29g per serving and 6 servings per can or 174 grams of sugar.

Will update in about 7 weeks with the result.

Monty

[duff]

I just used cider concentrate last night in a batch that I made. I just used 2 gallons of cider and 1 can of concentrate. It came out to a gravity of 1.052. I chose to try Mangrove Jack's M44 California Ale Yeast.

The must tasted good but we'll have to see what it tastes like in the end.

[monsteroyd]

Wow Great minds think alike and at the same time!

Monty

[duff]

Well I'm not sure I'd include myself in the great minds part.

Also I've been meaning to ask is your bike a ST1300?

[monsteroyd]

Yep. It's the fast one, 2003 Silver. It weighs a little less than all the rest.

Monty

[duff]

I'm still ridinga CBR1000f with a wing rack but it's over 90k miles now so I have been dreaming about a replacement. The ST1300 is on the top of the list.

[monsteroyd]

I love mine, although the stock seat is not the best. I have Russel Day Long's and that made the bike a keeper.

Monty

[duff]

Any update on your cider monsteroyd?

Mine got a little extra aging time in the fermenter due to me being out of town most weekends to check up on my dad after a quadruple bypass. Tomorrow I have a block of time set aside to get it bottled. Hopefully 2.5 months isn't too long on they yeast. I am thinking of carbonating half of the bottles and leaving the other half uncarbed to see what difference it makes.

[monsteroyd]

Yeah came out too dry. I think next time I will use a full pound of lactose.

Monty