Thread: Cider time once again

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Here are some photos. I ended up using about 60 lbs of mixed apples from various grafted trees in my yard, as well as the romes. The bottom picture has 6 gallons of new cider actively fermenting in the foreground and 5 gallons that have been going slowly from about August. I'm experimenting with different types of yeast and apple varieties. I ended up freezing about 5 gallons of juice to do another batch, once I can find some bittering apples to add. The bitter varieties are probably the hardest to find around here. I mostly need something like crab apples(in small volumes) to add to the overall blend for the right acid level/ tart taste flavor. Also just finished bottling 5 gallons of home brew ( a lightly hopped medium ale with about 2 cups honey added to up the ETOH as well as 6.5 pounds austrailian light malt)