Cider

[pendle]

540 litres bubbling away merrily here.
I'm also on the search for more trees......

I can ask my neighbours. Pm me when your up next

 

[shakey jake]

Just done another 8 tesco trays today, one water cooler bottle and 5 demi johns of juice.
Im comparing adding campden tablets and letting it sit for a couple of days before adding yeast to adding yeast straight away.
Already got some with wild yeast, and others with different yeasts.
Bottled some of the first lot to free up a demi, it was only half full and had stopped fermenting, quite pleasant but a little yeasty.

 

[shakey jake]

Has any one either delibratly or accidently made cider vinegar?
Could it be a use for the dregs?

 

[Moose67]

Apparently ... local, organic cider can't give you a hangover

 

[VSS]

Has any one either delibratly or accidently made cider vinegar?
Could it be a use for the dregs?

Yes. Both deliberately and accidentally.

 

[gs jon]

one of our local pubs yer in north devon used to refuse to sell you more than 3 pints of one of their local ciders,i would cause a temporary loss of lower limb function.
JB

 

[shakey jake]

Yes. Both deliberately and accidentally.

Is there a trick to it? Or just leave a bottle open?

 

[Essexsussex]

Has any one either delibratly or accidently made cider vinegar?
Could it be a use for the dregs?

Add some live cider vinegar and it should go quickly. Keep it well away from your actual cider stash. Easier to get going with less acid cider.
I’m delighted to hear of your adventures. I’m sure you will find it a fascinating and enduring thing to do in autumn.
Sitting here drinking one of 2 6 or 7 yr old bottles I found in my empty bottle store! One is better than the other. Both have me
Trying to remember where the apples
Came from that year

 

[Essexsussex]

Just done another 8 tesco trays today, one water cooler bottle and 5 demi johns of juice.
Im comparing adding campden tablets and letting it sit for a couple of days before adding yeast to adding yeast straight away.
Already got some with wild yeast, and others with different yeasts.
Bottled some of the first lot to free up a demi, it was only half full and had stopped fermenting, quite pleasant but a little yeasty.

Trying and keep the headspace to zero to save it oxidising (ie fill up to the neck of some sort of receptacle). All those yeasty etc tastes drop out over 6 months. You won’t want to wait but better into spring and best a year or more on. Or drink it and enjoy it but you’ll wish you hadn’t when you find one a year later and it’s got lots better!

 

[VSS]

Just finished pressing the last few apples.
720 litres in total.

 

[JockStalk]

 

[Irish Bob]

Just done our 10 gallons or 46 litres.

 

[shakey jake]

Just finished pressing the last few apples.
720 litres in total.

Thats a hellmof a party next year!

 

[VSS]

Thats a hellmof a party next year!

I doubt there'll be much left by next year!
My friend who's being doing the cider with me reckons there's just about enough to last us until May!

 

[shakey jake]

I doubt there'll be much left by next year!
My friend who's being doing the cider with me reckons there's just about enough to last us until May!

I was told, make in the summer, finished by xmas, may be drinkable by easter, good in the summer.
Have i been lied to?

 

[VSS]

I was told, make in the summer, finished by xmas, may be drinkable by easter, good in the summer.
Have i been lied to?

No, you're quite right.
The difficulty lies in keeping your hands off it for that long!

 

[Irish Bob]

I make now and ready by Christmas. Best finished whilst there is still an r in the month.

 

[Essexsussex]

No, you're quite right.
The difficulty lies in keeping your hands off it for that long!

I sympathise! I always get told off for trying it too early. My stuff is always better after spring when most years it goes through malolactic. Not always loads left by then…

 

[Irish Bob]

What yeasts are people using if not relying on natural yeasts in apples?

 

[morrisman]

What yeasts are people using if not relying on natural yeasts in apples?

I use this and it seems good.
Cheers.

Pardon our interruption...