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  ## page was renamed from ClintonEbadi/Cider
- Notes on various cider recipes... I don't take this as seriously as actual brewing (read: I'm too lazy to do density measurements or anything fancy with the ingredients) so the notes are not of the usual ''quality''.
  
  <<TableOfContents(3)>>
  
- == Cider #5 (2011-11-26) ==
+ = Clinton's Cider Recipes =
  
+ Notes on various cider recipes... I don't take this as seriously as actual brewing (read: I'm too lazy to do density measurements or anything fancy with the ingredients) so the notes are not of the usual ''quality''.
-  * 6 gal "Sugar Loaf Orchards" cider (flash pasteurized, no preservatives)
-  * 44oz "Tart Farms" honey ("near the mountains, sourwood")
-  * 44oz Nathan Carter honey (High Point NC, from a farm)
-  * Redstar Montrachet yeast
  
- Cider gravity 1.062 at 52F
+ == Cider #1 (late 2010)  ==
  
-  1. Heat .75 gal cider -> 100F, dissolve 44oz honey
-  2. Repeat
-  3. Treat with campden, leave overnight
+  * 1 gal Harris Teeter cider
+  * 7/16lbs corn sugar
+  * Yeast: probably Redstar Montrachet
  
- === 2011-11-27 ===
+ OG = 1.070 at 50F (1.069 corrected), FG = 1.008 @ 70F
  
- Rehydrate 2 packets redstar montrachet in 2 cups cider
+ Basically edwort's apfelwein but bottled still. Remember this being tolerable for hooch cider.
  
- Mixed Cider OG = 1.086 @ 72F
+ == Cider #2 ==
  
- === 2011-11-28 ===
+ Just a jug of Earthfare cider and US-05. Not the greatest at first, but finished somewhat sweet and was OK after a bit.
  
- Fermentation began! Moved into fridge temporarily to drop from 71F -> 60F.
+ == Cider #3 ==
  
- === 2011-11-29 ===
+ Notes lost it seems ... extrapolating from the past:
  
-  * 03:09 @ 60F. Remove from fridge to cold crash Cider #4
+  * 1 gal cider
+  * ?? honey (probably 340g)
+  * Harris teeter frozen blackberries (weight unknown)
+  * Safbrew T-58 yeast (belgian ale)
  
- New goal is ~74F for fermentation.
+ Recall the OG being something like 1.086, FG around 1.005 ... this was ''really'' good, and Cider#6 is an attempt at reproducing it on a larger scale with better ingredients... Need to locate the notes for this one!
  
  == Cider #4 (2011-09-11) ==
  
@@ -81, +80 @@

  
  '''Cold Crashing -> 40F'''
  
+ == Cider #5 (2011-11-26) ==
+ 
+  * 6 gal "Sugar Loaf Orchards" cider (flash pasteurized, no preservatives)
+  * 44oz "Tart Farms" honey ("near the mountains, sourwood")
+  * 44oz Nathan Carter honey (High Point NC, from a farm)
+  * Redstar Montrachet yeast
+ 
+ Cider gravity 1.062 at 52F
+ 
+  1. Heat .75 gal cider -> 100F, dissolve 44oz honey
+  2. Repeat
+  3. Treat with campden, leave overnight
+ 
+ === 2011-11-27 ===
+ 
+ Rehydrate 2 packets redstar montrachet in 2 cups cider
+ 
+ Mixed Cider OG = 1.086 @ 72F
+ 
+ === 2011-11-28 ===
+ 
+ Fermentation began! Moved into fridge temporarily to drop from 71F -> 60F.
+ 
+ === 2011-11-29 ===
+ 
+  * 03:09 @ 60F. Remove from fridge to cold crash Cider #4
+ 
+ New goal is ~74F for fermentation.
+ 
+ == Cider #6 (2012-03-18) ==
+ 
+  * 44oz "W.G. White & Co" honey from Mocksville, NC
+  * 3 gallons Earthfare apple juice (SG = 1.052) [Season ended, couldn't acquire desired cider]
+  * 2 gallons Sugarloaf Orchard Cider (SG = 1.058)
+  * 1.39kg Vinters Harvest Blackberry Puree (SG = 1.052)
+  * 1/2 tsp Wine Tannin to compensate for lack of tannins in Earthfare "cider" juice
+  * Safbrew T-58 yeast (Belgian Ale)
+ 
+ Attempt at re-creating a superior version of the 1 gallon blackberry cyser (#3)
+ 
+ === 2012-03-18 ===
+ 
+  0. Heated 2 quarts Earthfare cider to ~120F, mixed in honey
+  0. Combined 6 crushed campden tablets and wine tannins into 1 pint water; pitched into fermenter
+  0. Mixed all cider, blackberry puree, and honey-cider into fermenter (stirred for a few minutes)
+ 
+ SG = 1.068 at 78F (1.070 corrected). Needs more gravity ... going to add another 44oz of honey to increase SG.
+