The scrumpy has sorted itself out somewhat, and now looks much more like something I would drink. It is two weeks in to its five week rest. The sediment has sunk to the bottom and it almost looks like something I might drink now. Patience…
Category Archives: Cider
Another cheaty cider
This really is ridiculously easy with the brewing caps, but you need to let it clarify in the fridge for a good while – a week?
New cider batch thanks to the folk of Newport
A clarion call to my village via Facebook turned up nearly enough apples for another demijohn full of fresh juice and another go at cider. I washed them and chopped them, removing the bad and rotten bits, then put them through our borrowed scratter (smasher up of apples).
I then pressed them in three batches and poured the juice in to a sterilised demijohn before adding a crushed campden tablet. Now to leave for 24 hours (patience!) before testing the specific gravity and deciding what I want the final product to be like.
Cheaty Cider Testing
This is the second go at the cheaty cider. It has been in the fridge for a few days and is rather delicious. Sweet, a bit yeasty (it really needs a good few days in the fridge) and with quite a nice alcoholic buzz after one glass. Lovely.
Looks: 3/5 (a bit cloudy)
Taste: 4/5 (still a slight yeastiness, but sweet too)
Buzz: 5/5 🙂
Crider Testing
We had a Halloween party last night. I wheeled out some cider after a fair bit of bought alcohol had been tested. The opinion of the crider was that it was a bit yeasty up front but had a good follow through. I do wonder whether it wouldn’t be nicer if made with a demijohn and then racked off a couple of times to reduce the yeastiness – then fizzified with a bit of sugar. Maybe this can be another project.