2007 Hard Cider 4 - Tasting Day

Finally getting around to a tasting of the Cider, Cyser and Mead. The Cider and Cyser are from the juice I pressed about this time last year. See my other videos for the pressing day, and follow-up videos

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Howto & Style

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• cyder
• cyser
• mead
• melomel
• apple
• honey
• fruit
• beer
• pommace
• alcohol
• do
• it
• yourself

[mrgavf]

dude...love your videos..In your opinion what would an intial reading of 1104 SPG give in terms of Alcohol by volume for cider in the scrumpy-jack tradition, made from British Columbia Macintosh apples, I added loads of sugar(It was my dad's recipe), used a wine yeast[ not champagne], I figure about 12%-14%, sound resanoble?

[32bituser]

@mrgavf - Short answer is that it depends on what your final gravity is. With wine yeast, you could reasonably expect to ferment down to 1.005 or better, putting you in the 13-14% ABV.

There are plenty of factors that could halt the fermentation at a higher value, but, be careful. Home made ciders tend to ferment right to dry (or until the alcohol level kills the yeast), so, if your ferment stops at anything higher than 1.010, regard it with suspicion..

[Burksworks]

Do you do torchwork? I saw the kiln in the background.

[32bituser]

My friend makes jewelry. He uses the kiln for some aspect of it..

[NichsaStillwater]

Hey what happened the the gallon bottle, with the brown sugar and sweet cider added? That one sounded like it was going to be really good!

[32bituser]

That's right! I forgot about that one. We drank it (3 people) over the course of an evening. It was a really interesting flavor. You got everything- brown sugar, honey, maple, cider.. the works! In retrospect, if I try something like that again, I will add a little bit of acid blend. The taste was a little flat. Thanks for reminding me!

[mattdrummer34]

now im ready to start makin my own!

[GGGframpton]

Just finished watching the series...great videos man!!!!!!! Loved 'em

[nrdes]

Nice video; just watched the entire series. Much appreciated. How is your new batch? A video update is in order, if you're up for it!!

[fosterchild4523]

good video. very imformative.

[radarbrew]

After a tasting session of my own I had trouble forming complete coherent sentences. I called it a success! Good video, show how you made them.