Is There A 'how To Cider' With A Beer Brew Kit Faq?

[pk.sax]

Rocket fuel

What to do. What to do...

Let it ferment dry as Bum suggested. Or close to dry, cap and let carbonate and fridge.

Cut it with fresh juice in the glass if the high alcohol is detracting from the taste.

 

[fletcher]

Rocket fuel

What to do. What to do...

Let it ferment dry as Bum suggested. Or close to dry, cap and let carbonate and fridge.

Cut it with fresh juice in the glass if the high alcohol is detracting from the taste.

How many days is that? Haha,. It's bubbling with small bubbles now. I would guess about 3-4 days?

 

[pk.sax]

If you want a totally rough out of the arse visual indicator, when the bubbles stop.

Although, if you refrigerated now, after 5-7 days outside fermenting, it should give you a sweet cider anyway.

 

[fletcher]

If you want a totally rough out of the arse visual indicator, when the bubbles stop.

Although, if you refrigerated now, after 5-7 days outside fermenting, it should give you a sweet cider anyway.

haha, thanks. i'll pop her in the fridge now. and not put the original cap on right? or if i understand correctly, if i do, that should be ok, so long as it's refrigerated because that would slow fermentation quite a lot. right? sorry for all the questions.

i'll probably look to drink it tomorrow and test my luck hahaha. thanks for all your help. the next one i start tomorrow will purely be JUST the juice and no sugar haha.

what's the step by step for that?

1. take out a few cups of juice
2. pop in the yeast
3. leave with cling wrap for (how many?) days if i want a decent tasting, not too dry but not overly sweet (kinda in the middle) cider
4. after x days, refrigerate with normal cap, with maybe x amount of sugar for carbonation?
5. drink?

thank you for all your help practicalfool, it was your idea i followed and i know i can get it right i just got too excited haha

 

[pk.sax]

Hey fletcher

It is a ridiculously simple way of making cider. Keep it simple.

I don't even cling wrap the tops, use the original bottle cap from the start. I just release the gas a couple of times a day. When it stops going hard in half a day I stop doing this and put it in the fridge. Great things about using the original juice bottle:

Bottle, as bought from shop is sterile inside. Avoids having to sanitise.
Bottle is flexible, takes some blowing up or squeezing the air out.
Hard to create a bottle bomb with in the fridge.
It's effin simple to do!
Doesn't get boring with loads of girly juice tying up kegs or shelf space.

We don't have much cider apples available here anyway, without that the ciders everyone makes taste just the same anyway. I've been trying what I can, travelling, drinking from a small cidery or two, useless. If I want a complex cider, I'll buy it.

 

[fletcher]

Hey fletcher

It is a ridiculously simple way of making cider. Keep it simple.

I don't even cling wrap the tops, use the original bottle cap from the start. I just release the gas a couple of times a day. When it stops going hard in half a day I stop doing this and put it in the fridge. Great things about using the original juice bottle:

Bottle, as bought from shop is sterile inside. Avoids having to sanitise.
Bottle is flexible, takes some blowing up or squeezing the air out.
Hard to create a bottle bomb with in the fridge.
It's effin simple to do!
Doesn't get boring with loads of girly juice tying up kegs or shelf space.

We don't have much cider apples available here anyway, without that the ciders everyone makes taste just the same anyway. I've been trying what I can, travelling, drinking from a small cidery or two, useless. If I want a complex cider, I'll buy it.

i like the sound of that.

thanks mate. i'll hit that up next time i do one (tomorrow). you sound like the kinda man i'd have a great few too many with. thanks for the advice. i'm in the city myself, no cider apples here. couldn't be bothered. i'll just hit up the juice too. i'll let you know how the next one goes!

thanks again. drink on

 

[michaelcocks]

i like the sound of that.

thanks mate. i'll hit that up next time i do one (tomorrow). you sound like the kinda man i'd have a great few too many with. thanks for the advice. i'm in the city myself, no cider apples here. couldn't be bothered. i'll just hit up the juice too. i'll let you know how the next one goes!

thanks again. drink on

Just wondered how this one turned out

Apart from very very alcoholic...

Was it dry ?

What was the FG ?

Drinkable or rocket fuel ?



Thanks

 

[fletcher]

Hey mate, I had small sweetener sachets that I added to a largish glass, but the fact that I had to do that should indicate it definitely wasn't the nicest haha.

It was drinkable but I'll be honest and say I'll take much more care next time. I only drank it not to waste it and because even though it was bad, it was booze. Turned out to be about 10-11% next time I'd try a few more suggestions but for proper ciders next time I won't short cut and I'll ferment in a FV and add all the normal ****