Of the three types of yeast I used recently on the same apple cider from a local Brant's Apple Orchard, a gallon or more for each type of yeast:
Safale S-04: Cloudy, end resulting taste was very yeasty, hints of cider.
Nottingham Ale: Cloudy, end result was something like a warm club beer lager, hence yeasty in it's own right from a beer lover's perception.
Red Star Red Star Premier Blanc Champagne: Cleared very well on it's! Almost too clear with almost no hints of apple residing.
I likely should have racked the Safale and Nottingham ale yeasts after 3-4 weeks to remove some of the lees settling out.
The Red Star Champagne yeast cleared on it's own, likely not needing any racking while fermenting.
I primed with a 1/4 (100ml) apple concentrate prior to bottling, otherwise, no sugar used. Below is my log entry, all 3-4 gallons exhibited the same results except for the Nottingham yeast having 7% alcohol, or +1% above all the other types of yeast. (The Nottingham yeast finished just below ~0.998 SG.)
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1 gallon 2020.11.24 - 2021.02.24
Start
1.052 SG starting
End
~1.0 SG ending
0%
~6% alcohol
100ml apple juice primed
~9 bottles
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My thoughts, I really liked the Red Star Champagne yeast results of a really nice cleared hard cider! This stuff is likely far better than the store bought stuff, but there's little to no taste of the apples.
Safale S-04: Cloudy, end resulting taste was very yeasty, hints of cider.
Nottingham Ale: Cloudy, end result was something like a warm club beer lager, hence yeasty in it's own right from a beer lover's perception.
Red Star Red Star Premier Blanc Champagne: Cleared very well on it's! Almost too clear with almost no hints of apple residing.
I likely should have racked the Safale and Nottingham ale yeasts after 3-4 weeks to remove some of the lees settling out.
The Red Star Champagne yeast cleared on it's own, likely not needing any racking while fermenting.
I primed with a 1/4 (100ml) apple concentrate prior to bottling, otherwise, no sugar used. Below is my log entry, all 3-4 gallons exhibited the same results except for the Nottingham yeast having 7% alcohol, or +1% above all the other types of yeast. (The Nottingham yeast finished just below ~0.998 SG.)
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1 gallon 2020.11.24 - 2021.02.24
Start
1.052 SG starting
End
~1.0 SG ending
0%
~6% alcohol
100ml apple juice primed
~9 bottles
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My thoughts, I really liked the Red Star Champagne yeast results of a really nice cleared hard cider! This stuff is likely far better than the store bought stuff, but there's little to no taste of the apples.