How to make Cider at Home
Easy step by step guide to making cider at home. For more information about making cider please visit my website at www.the-gift-of-wine.com
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instead of pulping the apples and filtering the bits out using a sieve, could you just use a modern juicer and just get the juice out of the apple that way?
Hey Nick. I have just pressed 3 types of apples from the garden using my car jack press. Have you tried mixing juices from different apple strains and what were the results?
@nickmitch6 cheers mate.
@nickmitch6 Ok, cheers.
My demijohn stopped bubbling after just 5-6 days. Do you think I should already move it to a cool place?
@rodccfc888 The general purpose wine yeast I use is a dried active yeast.
@Kingkamsin C02 is heavier than oxygen so you wont have any kind of aeration.
Cheers, now us under 18s can get pissed! jk
@kjshadow750 Its roughly 20lbs per gallon dependent on the variety of apple used.
@nickmitch6 Thanks so much for the reply. Iv bought some new yest and made another starter. The yeast i had must have been dead because within minuets it was starting to bubble. I added it to the juice (which still looked and smelt ok) and i’ll check in 24 hours. Thanks again!!
What Percent is the cider at the end?
What level should the gravity meter be at?
im not gonna like that looks way better than store purchased
@readymagpie I haven’t tried it until this years brew. It is still in the demijohns so I cant say anything about taste yet. What I have noticed is that the demijohns containing juice from only one apple variety is clearing a lot quicker that those containing juice from a mixture of apple. I’ll let you know more when I sample the cider.
does dried active yeast work ??
@alex573573 The same happened to me a few weeks back. I took two teaspoons of yeast (for a 4 gallon brew) and sprinkled it on the juice. Within a day it was fermenting away.
@OnlineBackupServices You could use a juicer but it hard work. There is no right or wrong way to get the juice from the apples just easy and difficult ways. Also different ways will be more or less efficient, ideally use the method that gets the maximum amount of juice from the apples – that way is pulping and pressing.
Nice video. How many pounds of apples did you need to get 5 gallons of juice? Thanks
Nice video. How many pounds of apples did you need to get 5 gallons of juice? Thanks
Nice Video, Thanks for Sharing!
Hi, Great vid very informative, just a few questions, after secondary fermentation, do you need to stabilise it to stop fermentation, and can you use conventional corked wine bottles for bottling. well done
MWI !!!!!!!!!!!!!
@t8283287 You can stabilise it if you want to bottle soon after fermentation. I dont do this, I leave mine in demijohns in a cool place for a couple of months until fermentation has completely stopped. You can use conventional corked wine bottles and corks but make sure all fermentation has stopped before you bottle or they could explode.
i’m just going to by some apple juice instead of using fresh apples
Hi please can you help me? I have followed your video to make my own cider. I made the yeast starter just as you did. After an hour there were few (only a few) very small bubbles. I added it to the juice and after 24 hours nothing. Could the yeast be dead? I really dont want to loose the juice. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks