Batch 6: 1GAL apple juice + sugar

Metadata

  • Fermentation start date: [2019-12-01 Sun]
  • Bottling date: [2019-12-15 Sun]
  • Refrigeration date: Ongoing, saving some
  • Fermentation duration: 14 days
  • Bottling duration: Ongoing, saving some
  • Original Gravity: 1.062
  • Final Gravity: 1.02
  • PH: 3.9ish

Recipe + Ingredients

Lessons Learned

  • Getting the process to work well
  • Interested to see how the new recipe works
  • Need patience… and bottle labels
  • Final SG was 1.007ish when bottle opened
  • Tried measuring + adding malic acid
    • Default: 3.9ish – kinday
    • Default: 3.6ish – tart, good, alive
      • 1/8 tsp malic acid for 100mL
    • Default: 3.2ish – tart, bad, puckery
      • 1/4 tsp malic acid for 100mL