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6991 calories 334.2 g 17 L
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Beer Stats
Method: BIAB
Style: Common Cider
Boil Time: 0 min
Batch Size: 5 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 5 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.046 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.046 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 100% (brew house)
Source: David Russell
Calories: 6991 calories (Per 17L)
Carbs: 334.2 g (Per 17L)
Created: Wednesday December 24th 2025
1.046
1.000
6.1%
0.0
6.2
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4.80 kg US - Apple juice4.8 kg Apple juice 5.8 1 100%
4.80 kg / £ 0.00
 
Yeast
Mangrove Jack - M02 - Cider Yeast
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
100%
Flocculation:
High
Optimum Temp:
12 - 28 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 20 B cells required
£ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 0 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Friars Mews, Lewes, Water Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
None
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume 1.3
Mash volume with grains 1.3
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Volume increase from sugar/extract (early additions) 4.6
Pre boil volume 5
Boil off losses  
Post boil Volume 5
Volume into fermentor 5
Total: 1.3  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

BREWGR NOTES

Rate: 0/10
ABV: 6%
Guide attenuation: 95-100%
My attenuation: 100%

Achieved: OG: 1045 FG: 1000 ABV: 6%

Notes:
– Didnt back sweeten. 5 Tbs of Xylitol per 5L on bottling.
– Forgot to wait 24 hours before adding yeast.
– 3 lots of yeast.
– Month in primary bucket. 2 months secondary 2 demijohns
– Didn't see any bubbles or krausen. So pitched Mangrove Jacks Cider yeast a few days later as well. Still no bubbles. Assumed no oxygen, so shook cider in demijohns then poured back into bucket. However. I stupidly took a FG after that, just to see and it had achieved 1014 from 1044. Having now shaken the cider and added oxygen after FG, or close to it, I needed to kick start fermentation again to get rid of oxygen. So added 200g rock sugar diluted in another tub of juice. And added a second bag of Mangrove Jacks.


Do again: poured all away. Disaster but seemed to have attenuated. Won’t bother again. Tasted badly off.

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  • Last Updated: 2026-01-06 15:48 UTC