Eamon at Modern Homebrew suggested this ale yeast for more apple/fruity flavor. Cider #2 also carbonated in the bottles, unlike our first cider.
Stats:
- 5 gal
- OG: 1.0555
- FG: 1.0025
- ABV: 6.9%
Ingredients:
- 5 gal unpasteurized cider
- 11 g Lallemand Nottingham Ale Yeast (dry)
- 8.3 oz corn sugar
- 5 g yeast nutrient, Ferm Aid K
- 0.3 oz (2 tsp) Acid Blend – citric, malic, tatric
Steps:
- Added sugar, nutrient, and acid. Stirred to blend and aerate. OG 1.056 @ 52F = 1.0555. Sprinkled dry yeast over juice.
- 10/29/17 – 1.002@64F = 1.0025
- 11/5/17 – Primed with 3/4c cane sugar boiled with 1c H2O. Bottled into 9x 22oz bottles and 33x 12 oz bottles.