Last night I bottled four quarts of my crabby cider (apple cider with the addition of some crab apples). It had reached 1.004 at 17.5°C in my sample tube, which should give an ABV of about 4.5%. However, when I … Continue reading →

For my records, I should note that I got the crabby cider onto the next stage on Friday. The solid lumps of apple were removed and the liquid siphoned into a second, sanitised plastic vat. I had about a gallon of … Continue reading →