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Simple Sweet Cider

211 calories 15.2 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: Extract
Style: Common Cider
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.065 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 35% (steeping grains only)
Calories: 211 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 15.2 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Thursday October 24th 2013
1.065
1.007
7.7%
0.0
5.7
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
5 lb Fresh Apple Sider (unfiltered)5 lb Fresh Apple Sider (unfiltered) 65 7 100%
5 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Other Ingredients
Amount Name Cost Type Use Time
6 each cans-Apple juice concentrait Other Primary --
2 tbsp yeast nutrient Fining Primary --
 
Yeast
White Labs - Champagne Yeast WLP715
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
90%
Flocculation:
Low
Optimum Temp:
70 - 75 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
68 °F
Pitch Rate:
-
$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Boil water added to kettle (equipment estimates 6.13 g | 24.5 qt) 4.63 18.5  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 0.37 1.5  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 6.5 g | 26 qt) 5 20  
Boil off losses -1.5 -6  
Post boil volume 5 20  
Going into fermentor 5 20  
Total: 4.63 18.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

This is an easy and delicious sweat cider. Here are the instructions:
• Buy 5 gal of fresh unfiltered cider (pasteurized)
• Buy 6 cans of Apple juice concentrate. (No preservatives or added sugar)
• Buy Yeast nutrient
• Buy Champaign yeast. I usually use 2 packs of the dry yeast because it only cost $ 0.75.
• Mix your cider, thawed apple juice concentrate, and yeast nutrient in a car boy. Make sure you start with the apple juice concentrate and top off with cider leaving room for fermentation at top of carboy.
• Mix well and take an OG reading.
• Shake really well for 2 mins and Pitch yeast.
• Seal with airlock and put in cool dark room for 7 days.
• Buy 5-6 more cans of apple juice concentrate and rack cider onto apple juice concentrate in bottling bucket.
• Mix well and bottle. (do not add any priming sugar) The apple juice concentrate acts as your priming sugar.
• Make sure you use proper sanitization throughout the all processes. (I use star no rinse sanitizer.)
• Bottle.
• Make sure to open a bottle every week to determine carbonation level. Once desired carbonation level is achieved refrigerate all bottles to stop carbonation.

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  • Last Updated: 2013-10-24 23:04 UTC