I took about one gallon (7# 4oz) out of the 5 gallon fermenter, and put it into a new, clean and sanitized gallon water jug, and put it in the freezer. This will be thawed and used as a concentrated apple/sugar source to backsweeten this cider once the fermentation has finished.
So I started with 4 gallons of fresh pressed cider @ 1.048, and mixed in about 1 1/2 gallons (12#) of crabapple juice @ 1.072, I pressed from frozen crabapples I had in the freezer. This gave me a fermentable cider with a gravity of 1.054.
I added 5 Campden tabs and mixed that in. Tonight I will add a pack of the Wyeast Cider/Mead yeast and let it do its thing.
I will update as things progress.
So I started with 4 gallons of fresh pressed cider @ 1.048, and mixed in about 1 1/2 gallons (12#) of crabapple juice @ 1.072, I pressed from frozen crabapples I had in the freezer. This gave me a fermentable cider with a gravity of 1.054.
I added 5 Campden tabs and mixed that in. Tonight I will add a pack of the Wyeast Cider/Mead yeast and let it do its thing.
I will update as things progress.