2009 Cider - Part 1

Starting a big racking of all my ciders from the 2009 season. This is racking the 10 gallons of cider I got from Pine Hill Orchards in Franklin County, MA on Cider Days weekend in November.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• cider
• juice
• apple
• sweet
• fermented
• hard
• racking
• carboy

[Lucster8able]

did you add sugar and yeast to the cider before you racked it. What i mean is was the primary ferment a wild fermentation or did you add sugar and yeast.

[32bituser]

@Lucster8able - I have not yet been brave enough to do a wild ferment.. Maybe next year...

[SquareTailAnglers]

Where did you find the carboys? I'm from Deerfield...Is there a local place to purchase them?

[32bituser]

@SquareTailAnglers -

Beer and Winemaking supplies in Northampton would be my first recommendation.

Just take the NoHo exit, heading South on 91, and stay on King Street for a mile or so.. They will be on your right.

Regards

[ayelvington]

One way to get the brown sugar into solution might be to steal a gallon of the cider, heat it, and add the brown sugar to that. Then add the "syrup" to the larger volume of cider. Just a thought.

[32bituser]

I dont even think heating is necessary. I am guessing that a gallon-ish, as well as a larger diameter racking tube, would do the trick. I have read that heating the cider can impart a 'cooked' taste.

Definitely my plan moving forward will be to get the sugars into the buckets on pressing day, and then, the following day(s) when I rack into carboys, the sugars should be pretty much dissolved.. maybe only needing a small stirring.

[agtaylor78]

Great video, and great work. One tip for you...whenever you do have to rack twice, or do any work over an open bucket for that matter...just keep a cover over it while doing your work. That will keep out a GREAT amount of the "nasties". Trust me, I am a microbiologist and that is the technique we use when doing very sensitive microbiology work. A simple cover to keep out the air and things that fall from gravity works every time!

Keep up the great work!

[9ptbuck]

Make more vids!

[palinka81]

I love your vids, very inspiring! How did these ciders turn out?

do you ever do any bottling at the end or do you drink it all before it would be ideal? pasteurise, cold crash, etc? I have 2x10 liters of cider in secondary fermentation, I'm planning on making a fizzy-carbonated cider by back sweetening at the end. Are yours totally still?

Make more videos Mr. 32! Thousands of ppl are awaiting! :)

[SquareTailAnglers]

@ayelvington 

[Rudetube69]

FUNNEL?!

[bradleytong]

Just buy a funnel