I don't add any sugar to my cider. Just the apple juice and the yeast. The common apple juices you can purchase in Spanish supermarkets, have an OG 1.042-1.04 g/l and I use to bottle them around 1 g/l. So the alcohol content is close to 5%. The cider is not sweet. I use to bottle some cider without ...
one of my current batch is Ginger Ale :) It is the first time I make it and the result is terrific :) It was fermenting around 24 hours, it was a reused yeast so the fermentation started very fast. After these 24h the alcohol is 1.5% and still very sweet, it is a softdrink. I expect to start a secon...
it is quite easy to get again nice carbonation. If you bottle the beverage with some sugar it will get again the carbonation. Look for "prime" or "priming" in google, it is common when brewing beer. Be careful bottling not completelly fermented things... bottles can explode, so i...
YES! maybe you also need somewhere to put the hygrometer, you could bot put it inside the bottle :mrgreen: You can find it in most homebrew supplies shops. Plastic one is OK and no need to have any scale. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Dul-c1GIIRo/S1OzzUHpUYI/AAAAAAAAANA/0yHmRlbK5l8/s400/100_6673.jpg
the batch I botteled today: Cider Initial density: 1.062 g/l Final density: 0.998 g/l Alcohol content (by volume): 8.4% I use this alcohol calculator http://www.brewersfriend.com/abv-calculator/. It is very easy to use, maybe not the most accurate, but more than enough for what I need. Here you are ...
room temperature? if it is too cold the fermentation won't start or will be very slow
the fermentation do not starts immediately, it takes more time the fist time you use the yeast, after 2 or 3 yeast re-uses (and provided the room is warm enough) the fermentation is visible within an hour.
I really enjoyed reading this post... why?? I learned something new from you...Thanks thanks! but I'm not inventing anything... just following others steps... today I've started my 12th BATCH :mrgreen: Cider again! I'm testing the bottling procedure. Primed vs. not-primed. Next steps: - How to get ...