Homebrewing

JayJay · Post by **JayJay** » Tue May 08, 2012 5:38 pm

I was wondering about the tea

I think the cider recipe I looked at was
- Get a LOAD of apples
- Juice/press them (I bought a juicer just for this)
- Warm (don't boil!) to kill any wild yeast (can also add some sugar)
- Pitch your yeast
- Leave
- Drink

So pretty basic, other than the £50 - £80 of apples you need to buy and juice

I think that was for 5 gallons though, so I might buy a demijohn or two and try it that way, certainly be a lot cheaper. Really want to make cider!

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Tue May 08, 2012 6:16 pm

you dont have to kill the wild yeast, just keep adding suger every couple of weeks

thats it, simples

(this is for rough cider, which i prefer

) i used to brew loads of beer, usually ipa, this was before the internet so had to get books from the libery, real pain (now we have google

) its also so much cheaper and its great fun and rewarding too

just got back from a pub next to the river - 1 pint =£3.30

what a con

its no wonder pubs are strugling

JayJay · Post by **JayJay** » Tue May 08, 2012 10:08 pm

I know, silly prices for drinks now

Yeah you don't need to kill the wild yeast, you can leave it, but you'll never know if it's going to give a good or bad batch!

*ps also, the americans call apple juice "apple cider", and apple cider "hard apple cider"

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Tue May 08, 2012 10:09 pm

*ps also, the americans call apple juice "apple cider", and apple cider "hard apple cider"

did crazy tell you that

JayJay · Post by **JayJay** » Tue May 08, 2012 10:10 pm

lol no, I just found out while searching to make apple cider! Kept finding out how to make apple juice

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Tue May 08, 2012 10:15 pm

yeast goes through 3 stages of fermentation 1 fast - usually completes in around 2-4 days, 2 slower - now it starts on the more complex and larger sugars 10-20 days, most people bottle and drink it at this point but if you leave it for another 3 weeks the 3rd fermentation is complete, now it tastes real good. next batch put a couple of bottles back for at least an extra 4 weeks, then try it, you will be amazed how different it tastes

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Tue May 08, 2012 10:18 pm

oh yeh almost forgot, all 3 are happening at thesame time. this is why you need a way of measuring the gravity

JayJay · Post by **JayJay** » Tue May 08, 2012 10:30 pm

Nice, didn't know that

littlefeller · Post by **littlefeller** » Wed May 09, 2012 7:20 am

check this out, thousands of free recipes http://beerrecipes.org/