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Basic Brewing Video - Apple Jack - February 26, 2011

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Uploaded by on Feb 25, 2011

After being snowed in for almost a month, James and Steve emerge to make apple jack from a homebrew cider.

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  • So my one gal. of cider made enough applejack to fit in a fifth bottle. Should I keep that refrigurated or does it matter?

    Thanks!

  • @Sirchud68 Doesn't really matter, but it will age more slowly cold. - James

  • I made a jug of mead about 6 months ago, never removed the dead yeast. It's still sitting in my closet. Do you think that has ruined it?

  • @Sirchud68 Not necessarily. Only one way to find out: give it at taste! - James

  • Did you guys let any of the bottles age further? If so, have you tried them since then, and how did they come out? I'm currently experimenting with a myriad of yeasts across cider and juice alike. Also have 1 5 gallon batch kegged and aging away with 3 months left until I plan on tapping it. Happy brewing!

  • @kakasibatosi I don't think we aged any bottles, unfortunately. Sounds like you're having fun! - James

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  • how would you age that please?

  • @jamesgang94591 If it's a higher alcohol cider (or beer), it's going to be harder to freeze. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. The barleywines I've frozen were more slushy than this cider. This made the process of draining out the ice beer more quick than if the beer had been frozen solid. - James

  • I used a dry yeast in my Mott's apple juice and did just as you suggested with the foil. After about 3 days it was finished fermenting and I racked to a second container before placing in the freeze. The taste before freezing was very dry and the back sweetening will need to be done.

    Although it is taking a long time to freeze and I'm having to turn my freezer down to it's lowest setting. Did you have any trouble getting your cider to freeze completly?

  • @darrenfoulds Thanks!

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