O.k. I have a question. The other night I was at a friends house and he let me try some "hard apple cider." It was carbonated like a beer and had a bit of yeast at the bottom of the bottle. It was absolutely fantastic!! He couldn't quite remember the recipe but he said it was something like this:
3gallons of Walmart brand apple juice
2 quarts of Walmart brand cranberry juice
2 quarts of Welches grape juice
1 re-constituted can of Welches frozen grape juice
2 lbs of brewers sugar, he normally makes beer, he said this is the sugar he uses to make beer.
1 pack of champagne yeast
He combined it all in a primary and let it go for 7 to 10 days. He bottled it directly from the primary, but before bottling he mixed up some corn starch and water and added a little to each bottle. He bottled it in large beer bottles.
Does this sound like a do-able recipe??
Are beer bottle built to withstand pressure like a champagne bottle?
earl
3gallons of Walmart brand apple juice
2 quarts of Walmart brand cranberry juice
2 quarts of Welches grape juice
1 re-constituted can of Welches frozen grape juice
2 lbs of brewers sugar, he normally makes beer, he said this is the sugar he uses to make beer.
1 pack of champagne yeast
He combined it all in a primary and let it go for 7 to 10 days. He bottled it directly from the primary, but before bottling he mixed up some corn starch and water and added a little to each bottle. He bottled it in large beer bottles.
Does this sound like a do-able recipe??
Are beer bottle built to withstand pressure like a champagne bottle?
earl