Started: 02/04/2011
OG: 1050 @ 18c
FG:
ABV:

02/04/2011: I followed the advice of The Homebrew Forum and followed the recipe of “Apple Juice + Yeast”.

Recipe:
4L Lidle Cloudly 100% Apple uice
One packet dry Cider yeast/sweetener

Placed it into my new 5L DJ which I then placed inside a bucket as I was told that TC takes off like a rocket and may spill over. Sealed the DJ and let it do it’s thing.

1.5-2 hours after sealing the DJ, there is a yeast head and bubbles in the airlock. I removed the airlock and ran a tube from the DJ into a bucket of water in prep for the inevitable overflow. It never happened.

04/04/2011: Still no overflow. Still bubbling away happily though. I am going to replace the original airlock as the bucket is taking up a lot of extra room and is likely no longer necessary. Will check the SG when the bubbling slows down.

05/04/2011: Bubble activity has slowed, so I’ve put a normal airlock onto the DJ.

SG: 1010. That puts this 3 day old cider at ~5.4% ABV. It tastes like apple cider (not a SINGLE hint of alcohol in it).

I moved the DJ into an FV and put water into the FV to create a water bath. Regulating the temp of the water bath is my aquarium heater which I’ve changed the plug on. The heater is set to 20c, so we’ll see how that works out.

Hoping the SG will drop some more to give me around 6% or 7% cider in the end!