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Cider batch 1

By paul December 26, 2008

BOTTLING! Going to carbonate two ways:

  1. 1/2 C cane sugar in 1 pint water plus a smidge of lemon juice as per Ben Watson's book, boiled to invert the sugar. 3/4 cup in 1.5 gallons cider.
  2. about 1/4 C orange California honey (Meeks Honey) in 1/2 pint water, heated almost to boiling to dissolve. 1 cup in 1.5 gallons cider.

siphoned about half the batch into a sanitized bucket, added sweetener as above, mixed thoroughly with a wooden stirrer, and poured through a funnel into bottles. Caps were sanitized and immersed in just-boiled water to soften the seals. The twist-cap bottles didn't cap as cleanly as the others, but everything looks ok. Put the bottles in a tub and covered, will let sit for a while.

Had some leftover cider from both sweeteners. Honey-sweetened still tasted dry. Chilled the sugar-sweetened.