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1.1 KiB

Apple Cider

Ingredients

  • As many apples as you can get
  • Camden tablets

Optional

  • yeast
  • sugar

Equipment

Demi john or Fermenting bin

Instructions

  1. Press or blend as much juice out of the apples you can.
  2. Place juice in demi john or Fermenting bin with an air lock, if you add yeast it should bubble quite quickly if you go more natural route it can take a week or two before you see the bubbles start.
  3. Leave until the bubbles stop passing through the air lock
  4. Decant into another container or bottles leaving the sediment behind.

Tips

If using shop bought apples add yeast, these will have been waxed and treated which will have killed of the natural yeast. Adding yeast will speed up the process but is not essential the apples will make there own yeast you can however get a bad batch.