Flixon Breweries Here - First Brew Cider Questions

[Flixonbrews]

Hi Everyone, Flixon Breweries here.

We have a 40 pint bucket, we intend adding as many cartons of apple juice from cartons as it takes to get 40 pints, probably from Morrisons. We've just bought some EC-1118 yeast and some campden tablets.

Our question is will this method work?

Everything sterlised, apple juice in bucket, wang in 500g of brewing sugar. Take a hydrometer reading, make a note. Wang in the yeast. Seal up, put in airlock bung, keep at 22 degrees. Leave for two weeks, take another reading. Assuming it's fermented, syphon into pressure barrel, add 50g priming sugar.

Leave two weeks, drink.

I have got these campden tablet thingies also to preserve it, but I can't see it being around for long knowing what my mates are like. There'll be quite a few of us on it.

Do you think we've cracked it with this, or will draw a blank?:thumb::whistle:

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Have a look at this - http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=69059

 

[chewie]

I would be inclined to not go with the full amount in apple juice but along the lines of Roddy's turbo cider that chippy linked you to and use some water in it, apple juice can be quite acidic and it will affect different folk in different ways better to go with 4.1 juice/water ratio rather than 100% juice to see how it turns out for your first go at it, you can then tweak it for more or less juice and also consider PH correction as well if need be.

I've made 4 TC all with different branded apple juices, out of the four my favourite has been the vitafit apple juice one from Lidl's. Others I've tried have been Sainsburys own brand, Lidl cloudy apple and the budget apple juice that you get in Lidl at times.

 

[terrym]

Others may disagree but it took many months before the TC I made from supermarket AJ came anywhere near tasting like proper cider i.e so-called 'traditional' cider. At best I could only give it 5/10.
So if you are expecting to make something drinkable within four weeks, I admire your optimism, and I hope you are not disappointed :thumb:

 

[Flixonbrews]

Absolutely cannot thank you both enough. Chippy_Tea and Chewie. Great people.

 

[Flixonbrews]

Thanks Terry M, I appreciate that too!