Copy of Hard Cider

Type: Extract

Date: 11/10/2005

Batch Size: 5.00 gal

Brewer: Brad Nixon

Boil Size: 4.08 gal

Asst Brewer:

Boil Time: 60 min

Equipment: Brew Pot (5 Gallon)

Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0

Brewhouse Efficiency: -

Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU

1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Primary 3.0 days) Misc

2.00 items Campden (Primary 5.0 min) Misc

40.00 lb Apple Cider (3.0 SRM) Sugar 93.02 %

3.00 lb Honey (1.0 SRM) Sugar 6.98 %

1 Pkgs Champagne Yeast (White Labs #WLP715) Yeast-Champagne

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.297 SG

Measured Original Gravity: 1.075 SG

Est Final Gravity: 1.061 SG

Measured Final Gravity: 1.000 SG

Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 32.36 %

Actual Alcohol by Vol: 9.81 %

Bitterness: 0.0 IBU

Calories: 331 cal/pint

Est Color: 13.4 SRM

Color:

Color

Mash Profile

Mash Name: None

Total Grain Weight: 10.00 lb

Sparge Water: -

Grain Temperature: -

Sparge Temperature: -

TunTemperature: -

Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE

Mash PH: -

Mash Notes: -

Carbonation and Storage

Carbonation Type: Corn Sugar

Volumes of CO2: 2.4

Pressure/Weight: 3.8 oz

Carbonation Used: My Carbonation Profile

Keg/Bottling Temperature: 60.0 F

Age for: 364.0 days

Storage Temperature: 68.0 F

Notes

1. Melt 3 lbs. of honey over low heat with about 1 gallon of cider. Reserve one pint of this mixture in sanitzed canning jar with a rubber-selaed lid. Put the sealed jar in boiling water for 10 minutes to pasteurize. Set aside this jar in the refrigerator. It will be used later as a priming solution at bottling time.
2. Pour the remaining 4 gallons of of cider into a glass carboy. Add the rest of the honey/cider solution to the carboy.
3. Add 2 crushed campden tablets to the carboy and seal it with a fermentation lock for 24 hours.
4. Pitch the yeast. Let start at room temperature then move to cellar temperature for remainder of fermentation. Fermentation takes 2 to 3 months.
5. When ready to bottle, boil the reserved cider/honey mixture and add to the bottling bucket. Bottle and age for 1 year.

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