{"id":6091,"date":"2014-10-13T06:56:45","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T10:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/?p=6091"},"modified":"2014-10-22T06:09:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T10:09:11","slug":"my-cider-in-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/?p=6091","title":{"rendered":"my Cider-in-Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/>Made a second batch of cider on the 14th of October.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I cannot find my notes from my first batch of cider. It looks like I did an update from the train and it failed during upload and I lost everything after the first paragraph. &nbsp;This makes me sad. It turned out to be pretty decent cider.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blackrock.co.nz\/media\/k2\/items\/cache\/fa55c8bad0e242eb7986dc1135b50adb_L.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"271\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This batch has a couple of things different: &nbsp;Its a kit again,but from Black Rock homebrew&nbsp;in new Zealand.&nbsp;The mix seemed thicker and more aromatic than the John Bull mix I used for the first batch. (I&#8217;ll have to try and recreate that entry. )&nbsp;&nbsp;Plus I&#8217;m adding in some apple juice from actual apples I gathered from my Father in Law&#8217;s back yard. I used the juicer setting on my blender to get a juicy pulp of about 16 ounces and added that right into the batch.<\/p>\n<p>Its a week or more on and I can barely detect yeast activity. The wife has kindly allowed me to stow it under the stair and so far there&#8217;s been little sign of fermentation. &nbsp;I was just linking the&nbsp;directions from the Black ROck website for you to compare with my previous efforts and saw something I didn&#8217;t know about: &nbsp;The yeast packets came in 3 sachets. I only added one.&nbsp;I will drag the fermentation unit from under the stair and add in the other packets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"Made a second batch of cider on the 14th of October.     I cannot find my notes from my first batch of cider. It looks like I did an update from the train and it failed during upload and I lost everything after the first paragraph.  This makes me sad. It turned out to be pretty decent cider.    This batch has a couple of things different:  Its a kit again,but from Black Rock homebrew in new Zealand. The mix seemed thicker and more aromatic than the John Bull mix I used for the first batch. (I'll have to try and recreate that entry. )  Plus I'm adding in some apple juice from actual apples I gathered from my Father in Law's back yard. I used the juicer setting on my blender to get a juicy pulp of about 16 ounces and added that right into the batch.   Its a week or more on and I can barely detect yeast activity. The wife has kindly allowed me to stow it under the stair and so far there's been little sign of fermentation.  I was just linking the directions from the Black ROck website for you to compare with my previous efforts and saw something I didn't know about:  The yeast packets came in 3 sachets. I only added one. I will drag the fermentation unit from under the stair and add in the other packets.  http:\/\/www.blackrock.co.nz\/brew-kits\/item\/31-apple-cider  I THINK I had to do the same with the first kit.  I'm still a bit bothered by using concentrate but I have to admit its less messy than 8 bottles of apple juice.  I don't do this to save money but people always ask me how much it cost to make.  So roughly this can of concentrate (with yeast) cost 18\u00a3, 4 more for the sugar. Water free and I already had the fermentation unit. That gets you in at slightly less than 1\u00a3 per liter.   In another radical change I'm going to use collapsible water bottles to ferment half of this in, I found them at the pound store (ala dollar store) and the one I tested didn't leak.  I will trust a third of my cider output to it.  Barring any deep freezing it should be 'bottled'  in early November. drinkable in January. Better in Feb.    \">http:\/\/www.blackrock.co.nz\/brew-kits\/item\/31-apple-cider<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I THINK I had to do the same with the first kit. &nbsp;I&#8217;m still a bit bothered by using concentrate but I have to admit its less messy than 8 bottles of apple juice. &nbsp;I don&#8217;t do this to save money but people always ask me how much it cost to make. &nbsp;So roughly this can of concentrate (with yeast) cost 18\u00a3, 4 more for the sugar. Water free and I already had the fermentation unit. That gets you in at slightly less than 1\u00a3 per liter.<\/p>\n<p>In another radical change I&#8217;m going to use collapsible water bottles to ferment half of this in, I found them at the pound store (ala dollar store) and the one I tested didn&#8217;t leak. &nbsp;I will trust a third of my cider output to it. &nbsp;Barring any deep freezing it should be &#8216;bottled&#8217; &nbsp;in early November. drinkable in January. 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