Can anyone tell me how to make apple cider from scratch??!
Can anyone tell me how to make apple cider from scratch??
Gotta start from the apple itself, not juice.
Answers: 1st you need to wash the apples grind or chop into small peices if you have a press or a juicer use it to extract the juice from the ground up apples if you do not have a press put the apples into a clean pillowcase or muslin bag squeese the juice into a container.
If you want to make Hard cider dont worry about getting the juice out of hte apples just put apples into a clean plastic pail add just enough clean water to cover add 1 ne tablespoon of brewers yeast and let the apples ferment for ten days skim off the apple pulp and discard. juice will continue to ferment for about 3 weeks syphon off clear liquid after this and strain into bottles cork or drink as desired
always keep juce coverd with plastic cover to keep out the fruit flies and bugs Ingredients:
* 10-12 Rome Apples, cut into 1/8ths
* 1 Orange, shredded
* 1/2 lb clover honey
* 1/2 lb brown sugar
* 1 tsp cinnamon
* water to make 2 gallons
* 1/4 cup corn sugar (priming)
* Ale Yeast
Procedure:
Make a starter with 1 pt boiled, cooled water and 12-14g of dry ale yeast. Place fruit must in bottom of fermenter. Bring 1 gallon of water to boil. Add other ingredients (except yeast) and stir until sugar and honey are dissolved. Cool quickly and add to fruit . Top off with water for 2 gallons. Pitch yeast at room temperature.Stir twice a day to aid yeast in extracting juice. Allow to ferment for 7 days.Then Rack to secondary when airlock activity has stopped. Prime and bottle in champagne, 22-oz or growler bottles only. To hold the pressure. Wait at least one month chill and enjoy.