Primitive cider (again)

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  1. Donoroto

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    #301 Donoroto, Sep 9, 2021
    Then let it ride, see what happens
     
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    #302 Over The Cliff Brewing, Sep 10, 2021
    I may take a gravity sample tonight.....oh yeah and taste it :rolleyes:
     
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    #303 Sunfire96, Sep 10, 2021
    That's the best part of gravity samples :)
     
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    #304 Over The Cliff Brewing, Sep 12, 2021
    Here is a hydo sample of my blueberry apple cider. Very dry and just a hint of apple. I'll back sweeten it. It is at 1.000 right now. 20210912_184305.jpg
     
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    #305 Trialben, Sep 13, 2021
    Nice colour pinkish looking aye?
     
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    #306 Over The Cliff Brewing, Sep 13, 2021
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    Yeah but not very tasty yet. I've got a remedy for that though.
     
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    #307 Over The Cliff Brewing, Sep 15, 2021
    Here's the latest: I back sweetened "pinky" with a can of frozen apple juice and put in a keg. Here's where it gets crazy. I found some guava nectar and more apple juice and poured it all on the yeast cake from "pinky's" batch. "It's alive......It's alive" I'll keep you posted on this latest experiment.
     
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    #308 Over The Cliff Brewing, Sep 19, 2021
    20210919_171138.jpg 20210919_170814.jpg Here is the finished product of my cider. Needs a bit more carbonation.
     
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    #310 Donoroto, Sep 19, 2021
    Beautiful color there!
     
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    #311 Over The Cliff Brewing, Sep 19, 2021
    Thx folks! I used about approximately 3/4 cup frozen blueberries.
     
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    #312 Zambezi Special, Sep 27, 2021
    Tamarind cider got finished a while ago.
    Just botteled my new batch of cider (was poured onto.the old slurry/trub), 5 x 1 litre bottles and threw in another 5 litre apple juice.
    And yes, I cpuld make bigger amounts, but this way I can keep my cider consumption (marginally) under control ;)
     
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    #313 Donoroto, Sep 28, 2021
    Umm... why?
     
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    #314 Zambezi Special, Sep 28, 2021
    Good question :p
     
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    #315 Zambezi Special, Nov 16, 2021
    I think I messed up a bit...
    Last cider came out very nice, so now friends want to copy.
    I decide to build up a little starter, using the remaining yeast from a drinkable bottle. Just added apple juice and it sets of proper.
    My mates decide to take the straight bottle yeast, so I got this starter going, but with enough juice (in my opinion).
    Normally fermentation is about done in 5-6 days and time to bottle.
    So, 6 days in, i decide to top up the bottle with apple juice and close the lid.
    Yesterday, I check and it looks like the level in the bottle has gone down...
    I look again, and the bottle has a very different shape from usual. Much wider....
    I've put the bottle in a coolbox, and am awaiting explosion :)
     
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    #316 Zambezi Special, May 14, 2022
    Right....
    Temps are dropping.
    Got apple juice
    Need more cider
    Choice of yeasts: Mangrove Jack cider, Fermentis T 58, Mangrove Jack M29 Saison and Kveik Voss (but rather not,)
    Day temp 34 oC (93 oF)
    Night 17 oC (63 oF)
    No temp control, but fermenter will go in cooler box to level out day/night temp differences
    What would you go for and why?
     
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    #317 Steve SPF, May 14, 2022
    Personally, I'm done with cider yeasts - they rip through everything and leave a dry product which really isn't for me. I'm unfamiliar with those yeasts on your list but any kind of ale yeast is preferable to a cider yeast in my cider world :)
     
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