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Cider Digest #0290
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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