Saturday, August 3, 2013

Cider v2 - brew 5

The first cider is now bottled, and it has essentially been drinkable since it first started fermenting. So I'm eager to brew another one.
I'm going to use the same recipe as the first one, with a bit more honey.
Coopers brew kit
Thermometer for liquid
Large pot
5 grams Lavlin ec 1118 yeast
11 x 2 Litre Aldi apple juice
3 x 700g Aldi bramwells mixed blossom honey
Heat 10 litres of apple juice to around 40 degrees in a pot,  and pour it into the fermenter.
Warm the jars of honey in a hot water bath, and pour it into the fermenter. stir, then add the rest of the room temperature apple juice. Must is now at 32 degrees C.
Take Original Gravity measurement giving 68 at 30 degrees.
Rehydrate the lavlin ec-1118 yeast. Start with a small cup and add boiling water and cold water to reach 45 degrees, then wait until it cools to 42 degrees. slowly pour yeast in as you stir over about 30 seconds, trying to suspend the yeast in the water. Wait 15 minutes, as the yeast grows, it will foam and smell like smell kinda like fresh bread ie yeasty. Make sure the temperature of the yeast is within 10 degrees of the must when you pour it in.
Gravity Measurements
OG 68
4/7/2013 68 at 30 degrees
5/7/2013 65 at 18 degrees
6/7/2013 56 at 16 degrees
8/7/2013 44 at 16 degrees
9/7/2013 39 at 15 degrees
12/7/2013 23 at 16 degrees
15/7/2013 14 at 15 degrees
16/7/2013 10 at 15 degrees
17/7/2013 10 at 16 degrees
20/7/2013 5 at 12 degrees
21/7/2013 4 at 12 degrees





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