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Black Currant Cider Print E-mail
Thursday, 26 October 2006

For 6 Gallons

Ingredients:

  • 3 Quart Bottles of Trader Joe's "100% Black Currant Jucie"
  • 1 1/2 Gallon's Cherry Cider also from Trader Joe's
  • 3 Gallons Apple Juice
  • 1 1/2 tsp. Fermaid K (this is a yeast supplement that helps your cider not taste "yeasty")
  • 1 White Labs Champagne Wine Yeast (White Labs #WLP714)
  • 1 1/4 cups light malt powder (for priming)
  • 2 cups water
  • PBW or star sanitizer for sterilizing

Directions:

  • Sterilize a 6.5 Gallon carboy, air lock and funnell.
  • Rinse carboy, air lock and funnell.
  • Pour in the black currant juice , cherry cider and apple juice.
  • In a seperate small pot boil 2 cups apple juice and Fermaid K.
  • Add the boiled mixture to the carboy.
  • Add the yeast.
  • Install the airlock.
  • Let ferment for 2 weeks or until the airlock remains still.

Step 2:

  • Rack off the cider to a steril bucket or another carboy.
  • Boil the 1 1/4 cups dry malt with the 2 cups water.
  • Cool the malt mixture and add to the cider.
  • Bottle or keg the cider and let sit at room temperature for 2 - 3 weeks.
  • You can cold condition by placing the cider in a fridge for another 2 weeks (if you can wait that long).

This cider will kick your butt!  Don't drink too much! 

Enjoy!

 

 

Last Updated ( Saturday, 28 October 2006 )
 
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