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by LegTaste » Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:48 pm
Went for 1.5l tescos apple squash, 750ml bottle of apple & blackcurrant, both are double concentrated and no added sugar. chucked in 2.5KG of sugar, topped up to about 23 litres.
Used danstar nottingham as that was what i had, will this ferment dry? If not i should have a pack of cider yeast by the end of the week, so i can chuck it in if it doesn't go too well.
Forgot to add the yeast nutrient so it smelt of fart this morning without much action, its slowing getting there now though.
Also i boiled the squash before diluting it in an attempt to drive off those preservatives, hopefully it worked.
Should be looking at a 6.5% cider when its finished. I've got a good feeling about this one, I'm pretty sure it will be more palatable than pure apple juice fermented dry, i can never get myself to drink it.
I think it totaled less than £4 with 500g of sugar left over, so potentially 23 litres of 8% cider for those that like it strong, not bad at all.