Cider

There's a new brew in the fridge. It's the first day of October and that means Cider time!

I was looking for a simple hard cider made from cider rather than apple juice. I went with a simplified version of this recipe. Some fellow home brewers recommended an fining agent or else "it will never clear". Personally, I've never had a clear cider (besides mass market hard apple beverages), cider isn't supposed to be clear. Also, I cut out the spices etc. from the recipe. I'm trying to recreate the sharp, fizzy unpasteurized cider I remember. Albeit with more alcohol, because I'm sure there was some alcohol in those gallon jugs!

1 gallon jug of cider from Target (from Chinese concentrate, I'll try and get some US cider next)
1 cup sugar boiled in
1 cup water
1/5 a package of Safale US-05

Into the fermenter it goes. I had it in there for a week and pumped it back into the original jug. I say pumped instead of racked because it was still so fizzy a siphon wouldn't start. The jug is now in the fridge with a loosely attached lid so the fermentation will cool down.

I tried some on the third day of fermentation, it was a little sweet tasting, improved with a little cinnamon.

We'll see how it turns out after it settles over the weekend