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Strong cider

Posted: Monday Oct 10, 2005 10:38 pm
by Stevetjones
I have just bottled some brigalows Cider.
I used 1.25 kg sugar and 1kg cored apples, OG 1056 FG 0994, I think this makes it roughly 8.5%
Any tips on how long before I can drink the stuff or should I just run the car on it?

I was aiming for about 5.5% alcohol any tips on where I went wrong?

Posted: Monday Oct 10, 2005 11:32 pm
by Chris
You didn't go wrong! It sounds great! The extra apples always give a good kick. I would give it 4 weeks before even sampling it. It sounds like a 3 month for maturity batch.

Posted: Tuesday Oct 11, 2005 10:28 am
by undercover1
FG 0994?!?!
What the hell yeast did you use, turbo?

Posted: Tuesday Oct 11, 2005 10:41 am
by Chris
I got 0996 on my last cider. That is pretty standard UC1