https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/how-to-make-cider Using this recipe I picked some apples then:
- washed them
- cut them in half
- put a bit of water in to get the blender started
- used some straining cloth and squeezed with my hands
It is amazing how easy it is to make very good apple juice. Our tree is more of a cooking apple tree, but even so, the juice was very drinkable.
Cider
1/4 teaspoon of sodium metabisulphate - to hopefully stop any off flavour yeast cultures.
EC-1118 yeast which should be fermented low and slow hmmm which could be a problem as it is hot here. 35 degrees day time. 24 average coming up. Maybe will ferment outside.
12 days later
No fermentation is happening! Perhaps hot temperatures, too much sodium metabisulphate in the original 4 litres.
So I’m adding more EC-1118 yeast now that I’ve got 20 litres.
Bottling
2 months it sat in the fermenter.
FG is 1002
Tastes really good! Not too dry.
https://www.hopsteiner.com/co2-calculator/ going for 2.6 CO2 vols. So 13 litres will need 85g of sugar. Also added 20g of sweetener.
Am trying some cider flat, and may use the sodastream to carbonate.
