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Good on ya Pondmeister :thumbsup:

Leave them for a couple of months to mature

Let us know how you get on.

Cheers
Pete

Guess so.

Got 60l of apple cider to bottle as well :)

Cheers
Pete

Tommy

Thanks for the offer, However I have plenty of empties and a steady supply of new ones courtesy of mates who like to drink Grolsch.

A better use for your might be to put down a batch or...

Pondmeister

The Nashi Cider was nice enough to drink, very clear with a distinctly Nashi flavour, however it did not sparkle up anywhere near enough for my liking.

I was using 450ml bottles and...

Yep I'm sure I can sparkle it up.

Worst comes to worse I'll empty it into my Corney Keg and carbonate it with CO2, but I'm sure I can kick it off again.

The bottles in the Hot water cupboard...

Lemon Moonshine sounds nice.

I'd be hopeless as a Guinea pig.

Had someone else in mind Mrs D ;)

Cheers
Pete

Well after seven weeks in the bottles there has been a slight set back.

I opened the first bottle the other day and while it was quite drinkable and very tasty it was flat.... well almost flat....

I hope so Mrs D

Bottling Day for this Nashi Cider.

Another month or two and it's drinking time. :thumbsup:

It tasted pretty good as a still cider so I'm hoping it will be even better as a Sparkling Cider
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JayC

The plan is to end up with a sparkling cider.

Secondary fermentation is still happening, currently getting about a bubble an hour or so.

I'll keep testing it with the Hydrometer to make...

:D:D:D

Best you behave then.

Mrs D

The Cider tastes nice already.
Notice how I snuck in a good swig when I was starting the siphon ;)
I'll let it ferment out completely and back sweeten it if it needs it before bottling.
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Good Tip Kotuku :thumbsup:

Thanks for that.

A Paper Coffee Filter placed inside a funnel works a treat too

Cheers
Pete

VC

Grace Slick can really belt that out alright.

Yeah, "Racking Off" can mean lots of things depending on the situation.

In this case it means taking the clear Cider off the top of the Lees,...

Day 11

And I have racked it off for secondary fermentation.

SG started out at 1.054 and is currently sitting at 1.001 which is around 7% alcohol.

...

One week one and it's looking good.

Another couple of day to finish fermenting then I'll rack it off and let it completely ferment out.

...

MrsD

The Nashi juice was very nice, I think I drank about another litre while I was juicing it. :)

I'm hopeful the cider will taste just as nice.

Thanks to your post the other night you...

Starting Specific Gravity is 1.054

Which suggest a finished alcohol content of around 6-6.5% could be achieved.

Cheers
Pete

Stage 2

Yesterday I pasteurised the Nashi Juice
cooled it to 20c
Pitched it with yeast (S-04 was recommended)
Fitted the air locks and sat back and waited.
1st stage of fermentation should...

That's what I thought as well Pengy.

I'll see what the store has.

Cheers
Pete

Yep

Got the juice on ice at the moment.

Will heat treat it to kill any wild yeast or moulds and pitch it with yeast tomorrow when the brew shop opens.

I'm not sure what the best yeast to use...

Mrs Dundee started a thread last night asking "Does anyone else Like Cider"?
http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/f31/anyone-like-ciders-12113/

Well I do and so do lots of my friends.

This...