Batch 03: Apple Cider

Style
Cider
Status
Brewing
Started

Photograph

Photograph from the Apple Cider batch
Batch 03 — Apple Cider

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About this batch

A small batch of sparkling apple cider fermented with US-05. Starting at 1.054, it is expected to finish around 7% ABV, putting it somewhere between a dry cider and a light sparkling apple wine.

Recipe

Volume
3.5 L
OG (original gravity)
1.054
Expected FG
1.001
Expected ABV
7%
Yeast
US-05
Yeast amount
5.5 g
Fermentation
Ongoing • 22°C
Packaging
Bottle conditioned
Carbonation
Sparkling
Pitched
Ingredients
  • 3.5 L apple juice

Process

  1. Add the apple juice to the fermenter.
  2. Pitch 5.5 g US-05.
  3. Ferment for 3 weeks.
  4. Bottle with priming sugar and allow to carbonate.

Notes

  • Pitched in Nacka, then carried home across Stockholm by bus and metro with the freshly pitched cider in tow.