Cider day...

[Nicos]

Sounds great Vince!
That too made me chuckle Never heard of that before, but that’s reassuring!

Talking about your cider-making to my OH he decided to convert some of our pasteurised apple juice into cider . We’re not really fruit drinkers so have had a few bottles of our own juice knocking around from a previous community pressing.
We have a demijon full now bubbling away
Obviously being pasturised we won’t get that interesting smell!

Exciting times Vince!
Do please keep us updated.

[Vince G]

Sounds great Vince!
That too made me chuckle Never heard of that before, but that’s reassuring!

Talking about your cider-making to my OH he decided to convert some of our pasteurised apple juice into cider . We’re not really fruit drinkers so have had a few bottles of our own juice knocking around from a previous community pressing.
We have a demijon full now bubbling away
Obviously being pasturised we won’t get that interesting smell!

Exciting times Vince!
Do please keep us updated.

Good luck Nicos. A while since I've had Normandy cider but recall it being quite delicate, both light in colour and flavour. Hope that's how yours turns out.

[Vince G]

Just an (overdue) update. 25th October, I siphoned the cider off the muck at the bottom of the fermenter and put it into a clean fermenter for storage. I decided to add the litre of pure apple juice to sharpen it up a bit and the ABV at that point was pretty much spot on 6%. I have moved it to the cold garage for the winter, then in the spring once the utility room is warm enough I'll move it back indoors to see if I can get a small secondary fermentation. Still quite cloudy but it should drop clearer a little over the winter, but anyway no harm in cloudy cider.