The Clonker Apple Cider

Method: All Grain
Style: No Profile Selected
Boil Time: 0 min
Batch Size: 90 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 90 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.054 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.054 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 100% (brew house)
Source: Ben and Warren
Calories: 162 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 11.2 g (Per 330ml)

Created: Wednesday October 19th 2022

Original Gravity:

1.054

Final Gravity:

1.005

ABV (standard):

6.4%

IBU (tinseth):

0.0

SRM (morey):

0.0

Mash pH

n/a

Cost £

n/a

Fermentables

Amount	Fermentable	Cost	PPG	°L	Bill %
104 kg	Apple104 kg Apple		5.6	0	100%
104 kg / £ 0.00

Yeast

Fermentis - Safcider

Amount:	1 Each	Cost:
Attenuation (custom):	90%	Flocculation:	High
Optimum Temp:	10 - 27 °C	Starter:	No
Fermentation Temp:	-	Pitch Rate:	0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 420 B cells required

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Priming

CO₂ Level: 0 Volumes

Target Water Profile

Home (Staffordshire)

Ca⁺²	Mg⁺²	Na⁺	Cl^-	SO₄^-2	HCO₃^-
0	0	0	0	0	0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator

Quick Water Requirements

Water	Liters
WARNING: Boil kettle capacity (45.4 L) exceeded. Volume required: 90 L. Suggest reducing initial water volume to 45.4 L and adding 44.6 L sparge/top-off.
WARNING: Based on your provided mash thickness (3 L/kg), your strike volume will exceeds the total water needed for the recipe (-8.2 L). Reduce mash thickness to 0 L/kg or increase pre-boil volume to 98.2 L.
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3 L/kg
Mash volume with grains
Mash Lauter Tun losses	-0.9
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions)	99.1
Pre boil volume	90
Boil off losses
Post boil Volume	90
Going into fermentor	90
Total:	-8.2
Equipment Profile Used:	System Default

Batch Performance

Efficiency:

N/A

Recipe does not have mashable fermentables, so efficiency can't be calculated (efficiency is 100% for sugars and extracts).

Wort Volume:

90 Liters

Expected 90 Liters of fermentable wort.
Expected OG: 1.054
Actual OG: 1.054

Alcohol and Attenuation:

ABV: 6.83%

Apparent Attenuation: 96.3%
Actual FG: 1.002
Calories per 330ml 162 calories
Carbohydrates per 330ml 11.2 g

Amount Packaged:

80 Liters

Great job! You get to enjoy the equivalent of:

12oz bottles: 225
1/2L bottles: 160
Pints: 169

Latest Brew Log

Date	Days	Event	Gravity	Volume	Temp	Updated	Comment
10/16/2022 5:00 PM about 1 year ago	+0	Brew Day Complete	1.054	90 Liters	18 °C	10/19/2022 9:30 AM about 1 year ago	Approx 200 kg apples (50/50 mix of cookers and eaters) pulped by hand with the oak 'clonker' and pressed in batches using the 30 lt fruit press. Adjusted recipe down to 104kg so that the starting gravity matched that in the recipe....sugar yield from these apples must have been lower than the benchmark used by the recipe builder. Each 12 litre bucket of pressed juice had 1x crushed campden tablet added and 1x flat teaspoon of pectolase added. No tannin or acid additions
10/16/2022 5:10 PM about 1 year ago	+0	Tasting Note	1.054		18 °C	10/19/2022 9:30 AM about 1 year ago	Pressed juice had lovely juice flavour with a very pleasant tartness - hence no need for further acid additions. Colour from enzymic browning should give the cider a good finished colour - no need for tannin additions either
10/17/2022 7:45 AM about 1 year ago	+1	Other	1.054		18 °C	10/19/2022 9:32 AM about 1 year ago	Yeast pitched following morning after campdens had been given sufficient time to dissipate.
10/19/2022 9:35 AM about 1 year ago	+3	Sample	1.048		22 °C	10/19/2022 10:51 AM about 1 year ago	First sample - fermentation has taken after 24-48 hours with almost a constant stream of bubbles. Clarity of juice in trial jar fluctuating between cloudy, opaque and clear, however more consistent (and cloudy) upon second sampling. Significant settled solids in the original pre-fermentation sample - will compare to this first true sample jar
10/22/2022 2:22 PM about 1 year ago	+6	Sample	1.005		22 °C	10/22/2022 2:22 PM about 1 year ago	Stopped bubbling in airlock. Really cloudy. Tastes very sharp and might need tempering a little. Will check in another 24 hours before chilling
10/24/2022 9:20 PM about 1 year ago	+8	Fermentation Complete	1.002	90 Liters	18 °C	10/24/2022 9:20 PM about 1 year ago	Starting to clear - similar in colour and look to Thatcher’s Hazy. Quite sharp taste, need to temper down a little
10/29/2022 6:47 AM about 1 year ago	+13	Packaged	1.000	80 Liters		11/8/2022 7:49 AM about 1 year ago	4x full kegs filled and pressurised under CO2. Approx. 800ml of Monin apple added to the 80 litres.

Notes

Approx 200kg of apples sourced (cookers and eaters in approx 50/50 proportion). Adjusted the recipe down to 104 Kg so that the correct starting gravity was reached for the 90 litre volume.

Pectolase used for clearing
1 campden table (crushed) per 12 litres of pressed juice

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