* * * Award Winning * * *
Joe’s Kitchen Brewery

Hard Times Apple Cider

* * * Award Winning * * *

My first attempt at a cider.  I started with 4 gallons of fresh Apple Cider from the grocery store.  I discovered after I added the Champaign yeast that the cider had Potassium Sorbate, a preservative, in it.  I didn't get very active fermentation but I racked to another carboy every month or so and added another yeast starter to it when racking. I did this in hopes of reducing the preservative levels, thinking at least some of it would be absorbed by the dead yeast. I bought a corny keg system to carbonate this batch, as I thought there might still be some of the preservative residual and figured that would hamper bottle carbonation.

This came out quite crisp, and tasty,`and we won an award for it!

O.G. Approximately 1.040 - 2/5/00

F.G. 1.001 - 7/22/00

Kegged - 7/22/00

Bottled - 8/20/00

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