Green apple juice!

[muddy90]

We pressed our 3rd lot of apples yesterday, approx 2 months after the first 2 & the juice is SO different
Our first 2 had loads of tannin in the juice & was quite dark, this lot is really quite green!
We used different trees & obviously they were different apples but I'm ammazed at the difference in the juice.
We managed to get 40L :party: which had an og 0f 1.050 but wanted a nice strong cider so added sugar to about 1.056
Does anyone think I need to get some tannin into the juice?

 

[periolus]

I make cider from supermarket juice at the moment, but REALLY want to press my own, especially after seeing it in action at an Apple Day last week.

To be honest, it might be worth doing two small batches for comparison:

1 demijohn (1 Gallon) with just the juice, and 1 with one mug of super-stewed tea (4 teabags for 10 minutes) added for extra tannin. This could be done for all varieties of apple you use and records kept accordingly. Maybe they can be shared on the forum for posterity - a good piece of research!

Hope this helps.

 

[muddy90]

They're currently fermenting away in a 30L tub & 2x5L pet's.
Wish I knew the types of apples, this lot was from a freind & was a mix of lovely eaters & cookers. The last lot were mainly roadside trees. :grin:
Too late for Tannin?

 

[alphacento]

You should be able to add tannin before bottling.