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- 2 gallons of Meijer apple juice (4x64oz), not from concentrate
- 2 campden tablets
- 2021-02-28
- Cleaned and sanitized small carboy
- Poured in apple juice
- Crushed 2x campden tablets and poured in juice
- Put stopper in place and swirled around to dissolve the campden tablets
- 2021-03-07
- Poured juice to pot
- Heated to 85F
- Added 2 lb brown sugar and stirred to dissolve
- Boiled ~1/2 c water and added 1/4 t yeast nutrient
- Added yeast nutrient mixture to juice pot
- Added 1 t pectic enzyme to juice pot
- Pitched cider yeast (cider house select premium cider yeast by brewer’s best) in juice pot
- Racked back into carboy
- Fitted air lock
- 2021-03-08
- Observed fermentation occurring with bubbles forming in cider and escaping through air lock!
- 2021-03-21
- Transferred and added 2 cinnamon sticks
- 2021-04-11