Beginner's Cider




Ingredients:
2 to 2-1/2 gallons, fresh cider
1 gallon, water
1 pound, M&F Light DME (unhopped)
2 cups, Cane Sugar
1/2 cup, Brown Sugar Dash of Cinnamon
7-14 grams, Ale Yeast (Whitbread recomended)

Procedure:
Combine all ingredients except yeast. Boil for about 30 minutes, skim the top if you feel like 
it. After boiling take this off the stove, and add about 2 to 2-1/2 gallons of chilled 
fresh Cider. This should drop the temperature to below 90 degrees, if not chill it to below 
90 degrees.Then add an Ale Yeast, 7-14 grams of Whitbread or some other quality Ale Yeast 
as good. I let this ferment in the primary for 3-5 days, then rack to a secondary and let 
sit another 10-14 days before kegging. I artifically carbonated this one, but amounts of 
priming sugar typical for Ales would work well too.

Specifics:
Primary Ferment: 3--5 days
Secondary Ferment: 10--14 days

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