Cider Batch #001 – Kegging and Back Sweetening
After 8 weeks in secondary at 38º, the funky aroma from the first batch as pretty much non existent. Time to move to the keg for back sweetening and carbonation….
Cider Batches #001 and #002 – Secondary Update
Checked on the ciders to see how they’re coming along. Again, I’m a little more surprised at the color than the clarity. The carboy on the left is #001, which…
Cider Batch #002 – Finished Fermentation
A little over two weeks for batch #002 and fermentation is complete. Finishing out at the same final gravity of 1.000 that the first batch did. With a higher starting…
Cider Batch #001 – Post Fermentation
Figuring two weeks should be enough time to ferment so checked gravity and and it’s bottomed out at 1.000 giving me a final ABV of 6.5%. Aroma is on the…
Cider Batch #002 – Pressing Day
We had so many apples left, we decided to harvest the rest and see what we could get. Easily picked enough to get another 10 gallons of pressed apple juice!…
Cider Batch #001 – 2023
My wife and I bought 20 acres of rural land a few years ago and on it was a small orchard consisting of 6 mature apple trees. The first year…