Recipe of Basic Cider - Food Recipes

* Exported from Key Home Gourmet * Basic Cider

Recipe By : Tim Green
Serving Size : 1
Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cider Semi-Sweet

Ingredients - Preparation Method:

5 Gal Apple Juice 5 Lb Sugar, Brown 3 Tbsp Yeast Extract 2 Tsp Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) 2 Tsp Pectic Enzyme 2 Pkgs Brewer's Yeast -- EDME or Cooper Bring 1 1/2 gallons apple juice to a simmer in a large pot. Add brown sugar and stir constantly until completely dissolved. Remove from the heat. Add the yeast extract and ascorbic acid and stir well. Pour warm sugared apple juice into a fermenter. This can be either a 5 or 6 gallon glass carboy, or a 6 gallon plastic bucket fermenter with a lid that seals tight. Add cool apple juice to make up 5 1/2 gallons. Rehydrate the yeast according to the directions on the package. When the juice is 75° F pour the rehydrated yeast and pectic enzyme into the fermenter and stir gently to mix. Seal the fermenter by either putting tha lid on the bucket or a cork in the opening of the carboy.Afix an airlock in the hole in the cork or through the hole in the plastic lid and set the fermenter in a cool place out of direct sun. Fermentation may take 4-10 days. When it is no longer bubbling through the airlock, syphon the liquid into another sealable container (preferably glass), leaving behind as much of the sediment on the bottom as possible. Allow the cider to age in a dark cool place for 4-6 months or longer if you wish, then bottle. Enjoy! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -