Cider Digest #0290

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Cider Digest

 · 7 months ago

Subject:      1st attempt 
Date:         Tue, 25 May 93 09:57:18 EDT 
From: Bridget Cullinan <BCULLIN@american.edu> 

Hello all! 

I just finished my 1st attempt at an "all homemade" cider [i.e. not from a kit] 
Here's the basic recipe (from memory): 

4 gallons unpreserved store-bought cider 
1 quart "Oregonberry" juice 
1 can treetop frozen apple juice concentrate 
3 cups cane sugar 
1 lb honey 
camdem tablets - crushed 
champagne yeast 

It fermented for about 9 days - original gravity 1.052. I then racked it into 
the secondary and added 12 oz frozen rasberries which I thawed and pureed. I 
also added some pectin enzyme for clearing. 

For bottling, I used 1 can frozen seneca granny smith concentrate and 1/4 cup 
corn sugar for conditioning/carbonation. Final gravity = .994 

My questions are: what does everyone think?  I had no idea if the concentrate 
would be enough for conditioning, but will I have exploding bottles with the 
added corn sugar?  Also, how long will it take before it's drinkable? It's 
probably wishful thinking, but I had hoped it might be ready within 3 weeks. 

Anyway, any suggestions, etc would be appreciated. 

Thanks, Bridget 

      e-mail: bcullin@auvm.american.edu 

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