

Very drinkable and I get a lot of compliments from the unwashed masses. I have made a 7% with extra sugar, natural 4%, pineapple, blueberry, strawberry, spiced ciders all pretty much the exact same way and they all turn out great. The nottinghams adds a nice wheat quality to the cider. Before a minth, they are still drinkable, but are much better after a month. They then sit for about a month and then cold crash and drink.

4-7 days later, i check the carbonation and pastuerize. Homebrew Talk - Beer, Wine, Mead, & Cider Brewing Discussion Forum. Serve with cinnamon sticks, rosemary, and apple slices, if desired. In a cocktail shaker, combine the bourbon, cider, lemon juice, maple syrup, ginger, and cinnamon, shake to combine. I then add 3.7oz bottling sugar to the bottling bucket, rack to the bucket and bottle. Recipe Type All Grain Yeast Nottingham Batch Size (Gallons) 6 Original Gravity 1.050. Rim a cocktail glass with cinnamon sugar. My cider sits in primary for about 10 days until it hits 1.015, which is the level of sweetness that SWMBO has determined that she likes in a cider. I settiled on the nottingham ale yeast and havent looked back. In July 2020, I made a cider using organic grocery store apple juice and a relatively new (to homebrewers) yeast, Jovaru from Omega.It is a farmhouse ale yeast, reported to generate a good amount of glycerol during fermentation, leading to increased body and a thicker feel. I wanted to make something more along the lines of a quick scrumpy cider, that was a little sweeter, kept more apple flavor and I could easily carbonate and then pastuerize. I have a 14% apfelwine that is approaching 2 years old and is just now smoothing out. It will fully ferment, without much fruity, but it does not generally over ferment and create a super dry finished product.I used to use lalvin champagne yeast, which is really good at producing high abv apfelwine, but it takes forever. I think that the S-04 would probably be the best option for that kind of beer. Begin heating 4 gallons (15 L) of water and submerge the grains in the water. Place all the crushed grains in a large muslin bag. If available, replace all brewing water with sap.

Thank you for contacting us! Happy to offer advice. 34 cup corn sugar (if priming) Step by Step. Let me know if you run into other questions or concerns from there and we'll be happy to help! Add the maple syrup, brown sugar and tea and stir until it is all mixed well. Don’t let it boil or you run the risk of creating a pectin haze from the apple juice. This home-made maple syrup is naturally grown in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Using S-04 would be fine I would just try to keep the temps in the mid to high 60's if possible to reduce the overall ester profile it will kick off. Warm 1/2 gallon (1.9 L) of the apple juice in the stockpot, but only to about 90F (32C). With champain yeast and enough maple syrup i can increase abv from 5 to 7, and even to 12. Just make sure to add some yeast nutrient. For the Maple Porter, I would probably go with 1056 myself as it is a more neutral yeast in terms or flavorp rofile, but is a bit more attenuative so it will bring down the sweetness of the batch a bit. I use maple in my cider primaries all the time. My choices are 1056, Windsor Dry or Safale 04.
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So, I'd like little/no fruitiness, but still full bodied. And since you are using wild apples you will likely already have to add an extra sugar source to make your cider more shelf stable at about 7 abv. you can add it to the juice to create a higher abv maple-apple wine and also have some extra nutrients. I don't really want any fruitiness in there, but I'm also a little concerned that 1056 might attenuate too much and leave it drier than I'd like. Maple syrup has quite a few good minerals in it. It drinks way above its meagre ABV and is crammed full of. I am doing AIH's Maple Porter later this fall. A sub 4 soft and sluggable pale that has oodles of Citra and Mosaic seeping from all directions.
