Batch #1

1 Gallon Jug

Ingredients:

  • (1) gallon Mayers Brothers Cider Mill 100% Pasteurized Cider
  • (1) 2.4 ounce package Premier Cuvee yeast
  • (1) 7 ounce Great Lakes clover honey
  • (7) Whole cloves

Instructions:

  1. Bring cider and cloves to a boil
  2. Remove cloves
  3. Allow cider to reach room temperature
  4. Pitch yeast
  5. Put gas valve on bottle
  6. Store for 1 week
  7. Move to secondary fermentation
  8. Store for 2 weeks
  9. Bottle
  10. Sit at room temp for 1 week
  11. Chill for 2 weeks
  12. Drink and enjoy

Timelines:

  • Cider started September 29, 2015
  • Moved to secondary October 11, 2015
  • Racked to Bottles on October 17, 2015
  • Chilled for 1 week and enjoyed
Beer Wench

  • Cider was very clear and dry. Not sweet. Allowing the bottled cider to sit at room temp was essential to carbonation development.
  • Last cider was enjoyed November 2, 2015