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Twisted Oak Winter Cider

Method: Extract
Style: Other Specialty Cider or Perry
Boil Time: 0 min
Batch Size: 6.25 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 6.25 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.063 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 35% (steeping grains only)
Calories: 202 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 10.3 g (Per 12oz)

Created: Monday January 23rd 2017

Original Gravity:

1.063

Final Gravity:

1.001

ABV (standard):

8.2%

IBU (tinseth):

0.0

SRM (morey):

9.9

Mash pH

5.5

Cost $

n/a

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Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	PPG	°L	Bill %
1 lb	Candi Syrup - Belgian Candi Syrup - D-451 lb Belgian Candi Syrup - D-45	32	45	12.5%
6 lb	Apple Cider6 lb Apple Cider	52	1.5	75%
1 lb	Apple Ginger Syrup1 lb Apple Ginger Syrup	52	45	12.5%
8 lbs / $ 0.00

Other Ingredients

Amount	Name	Cost	Type	Use	Time
1 tsp	Pectic Enzyme		Fining	Primary	0 min.
4 oz	Bourbon-Oak Tincture		Flavor	Bottling	0 min.

Yeast

Fermentis - Safbrew - Specialty Ale Yeast T-58

Amount:	2 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (custom):	99%	Flocculation:	High
Optimum Temp:	54 - 77 °F	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	59 °F	Pitch Rate:	1.0 (M cells / ml / ° P) 365 B cells required

$ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator

Priming

Method: Keg/C02 CO₂ Level: 2.5 Volumes

Target Water Profile

East Bradford, PA USA

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
0	0	0	0	0	0

Notes

Apple cider fermented with apple-ginger syrup, Belgian candi syrup and a Belgian Ale yeast. Finished with a bourbon-oak tincture.

Apple-Ginger syrup: boil down one gallon fresh apple cider and 4oz finely chopped/ground fresh ginger. Reduce until thick and syrupy, about 1-2 cups. As syrup reduces lower heat so you do not scorch. Should be sweet, sour and spicy. Add syrups to fresh cider.

Add 1g/L Malic acid to lower pH by .1 as needed to reach 3.5 pH.
Check pH and add potassium metabisulfite as needed for a partial kill (for more information see chart: www.cider.org.uk/sulphite.html).
Stock solution SO2: dissolve 3 grams of potassium metabisulphite in 30 ml (also grams) of water which corresponds to 50 ppm of SO2 for a six gallon batch
Wait 24 to 48 hours before adding pectic enzyme and pitching yeast.
Primary fermentation: 4-5 weeks @ 59°
Add 5 crushed campden tablets dissolved in a bit of cider to carboy /keg before transferring for secondary/conditioning.
Secondary: 8 weeks @ 60°- 65° (cellar temps)

At packaging, add the bourbon-oak tincture to taste (used 3oz medium toast french oak cubes in an 8 oz mason jar filled with the bourbon of your choice, aged at least 1 month but the longer the better). Added until I could just taste the bourbon. The tannins from the oak really balance out the acidity very nicely.
Transfer to a keg to condition: 6 months @ 60°- 65° (cellar temps) in pressurized keg.

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Cost for

Gallons

Cost by

Final Yield

	Cost $	Cost %
Fermentables	$
Steeping Grains (Extract Only)	$
Hops	$
Yeast	$
Other	$
Cost Per Barrel	$ 0.00
Cost Per Pint	$ 0.00
Total Cost	$ 0.00

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