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Americans think of hard apple cider as the alcoholic version whereas in the rest of the world alcoholic apple cider is simply known as cider. If you ve already jumped on the hard apple cider train then you understand the hype.
The kit comes with all the equipment needed to ferment and bottle homemade apple cider all you need to grab is some apple juice and bottles.
Brew hard apple cider. If you ve already jumped on the hard apple cider train then you understand the hype. And while you probably have a go to brand have you ever thought about trying to make your own. Our friends over at craft a brew have made cider lovers dreams come true with their hard cider brew kit 44.
The kit comes with all the equipment needed to ferment and bottle homemade apple cider all you need to grab is some apple juice and bottles. Americans think of hard apple cider as the alcoholic version whereas in the rest of the world alcoholic apple cider is simply known as cider. The confusion started due to the passage of prohibition in the united states in the 1920s where alcohol became illegal.
During prohibition cider became known as the devil s brew. Place your mixture into your sanitized fermenter. Move your apple juice into it and then use the rest of your yeast as well.
Use at least one yeast pack per 5 gallons of apple juice. Do not forget that too much yeast is better than not using enough. Homemade hard apple cider brewing is usually done in 1 gallon batches so this helps.
Pasteurize the apple cider with heat or campden tablets and then add brewers yeast champagne yeast works well with yeast nutrient and put it in a container with a vapor lock takes less time to ferment and will yield a more stable cider. Add the 4 gallons of pasteurized apple cider or juice and 2 containers of the guava nectar to a sanitized carboy. Pitch the yeast according to the instructions on the packet.
Ferment for approximately 21 days. Fermentation will be rapid for a few days and then slow for a couple of weeks.