Comments on: Hard Cider Recipe experimenting with Natural Yeast Starters http://www.makehardcidereasy.com/make-hard-cider-easy/hard-cider-recipe-experimenting-with-natural-yeast-starters There is no �hard� in cider making� Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:25:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chef Deetz http://www.makehardcidereasy.com/make-hard-cider-easy/hard-cider-recipe-experimenting-with-natural-yeast-starters/comment-page-1#comment-1041 Chef Deetz Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:25:11 +0000 http://www.makehardcidereasy.com/make-hard-cider-easy/hard-cider-recipe-experimenting-with-natural-yeast-starters#comment-1041 What an amazing site!!!! Very well done!!! I can not wait to start!! What an amazing site!!!!
Very well done!!!

I can not wait to start!!

]]> By: tim http://www.makehardcidereasy.com/make-hard-cider-easy/hard-cider-recipe-experimenting-with-natural-yeast-starters/comment-page-1#comment-207 tim Sun, 31 Oct 2010 03:19:14 +0000 http://www.makehardcidereasy.com/make-hard-cider-easy/hard-cider-recipe-experimenting-with-natural-yeast-starters#comment-207 Thanks for the great and encouraging site. There is lots of great advice and information. I press apples I get for free--trying to find and use a mix of varieties and crab apples. There is a lot of advice out there on the internet on how to achieve traditional cider flavors through blending of varieties. I've tried different purchased yeasts and did side-by-side comparisons with wild yeasts. I like the wild yeast much better. Anyone who chooses to ferment cider should realize that using different yeasts will yield different tasting results. I've found that wild yeasts taste most like apples and that champagne yeasts or beer or wine yeasts make the cider taste like wine, champagne or beer. I appreciate your advice for making wild yeast starters. It really improves the chance of getting things off to a good start. I recommend trying wild yeasts! Don't be afraid of a little experimentation. With a little searching you may find orchards with presses and cider for sale, presses to rent at local beer or wine making stores, free apples for the picking, and other enthusiasts willing to share expertise or equipment. Remember that it is the traditional way of doing it and that people have been doing it that way, using wild yeasts for centuries--without fancy devices, electricity or manufactured yeasts. Consider yeast nutrients as well. Thanks again! I love your blog. It's nice to know that hard cider is being crafted and that enthusiasts exist! Thanks for the great and encouraging site. There is lots of great advice and information. I press apples I get for free–trying to find and use a mix of varieties and crab apples. There is a lot of advice out there on the internet on how to achieve traditional cider flavors through blending of varieties. I’ve tried different purchased yeasts and did side-by-side comparisons with wild yeasts. I like the wild yeast much better. Anyone who chooses to ferment cider should realize that using different yeasts will yield different tasting results. I’ve found that wild yeasts taste most like apples and that champagne yeasts or beer or wine yeasts make the cider taste like wine, champagne or beer. I appreciate your advice for making wild yeast starters. It really improves the chance of getting things off to a good start. I recommend trying wild yeasts! Don’t be afraid of a little experimentation. With a little searching you may find orchards with presses and cider for sale, presses to rent at local beer or wine making stores, free apples for the picking, and other enthusiasts willing to share expertise or equipment. Remember that it is the traditional way of doing it and that people have been doing it that way, using wild yeasts for centuries–without fancy devices, electricity or manufactured yeasts. Consider yeast nutrients as well.
Thanks again! I love your blog. It’s nice to know that hard cider is being crafted and that enthusiasts exist!

]]> By: Nick http://www.makehardcidereasy.com/make-hard-cider-easy/hard-cider-recipe-experimenting-with-natural-yeast-starters/comment-page-1#comment-44 Nick Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:48:23 +0000 http://www.makehardcidereasy.com/make-hard-cider-easy/hard-cider-recipe-experimenting-with-natural-yeast-starters#comment-44 How much starter yeast is required to get a one gallon carboy going? Do you need to use the entire 1 liter or starter yeast? How much would be needed for a 5 gallon carboy? How much starter yeast is required to get a one gallon carboy going? Do you need to use the entire 1 liter or starter yeast? How much would be needed for a 5 gallon carboy?

]]> By: admin http://www.makehardcidereasy.com/make-hard-cider-easy/hard-cider-recipe-experimenting-with-natural-yeast-starters/comment-page-1#comment-25 admin Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:54:39 +0000 http://www.makehardcidereasy.com/make-hard-cider-easy/hard-cider-recipe-experimenting-with-natural-yeast-starters#comment-25 Yes James, you have it right. Essentially a key difference with purchased yeasts is that they are usually cultured for reliability and alcohol tolerance. The catch is in my opinion that the result is often more wine like than cider like. So it really depends whether your goal is to produce a product with a high abv or simply very applely tasting hard cider but with a lower abv. Yes James, you have it right. Essentially a key difference with purchased yeasts is that they are usually cultured for reliability and alcohol tolerance. The catch is in my opinion that the result is often more wine like than cider like. So it really depends whether your goal is to produce a product with a high abv or simply very applely tasting hard cider but with a lower abv.

]]> By: james http://www.makehardcidereasy.com/make-hard-cider-easy/hard-cider-recipe-experimenting-with-natural-yeast-starters/comment-page-1#comment-24 james Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:09:26 +0000 http://www.makehardcidereasy.com/make-hard-cider-easy/hard-cider-recipe-experimenting-with-natural-yeast-starters#comment-24 i actually have a question now i have brewed cider before a nice sweet cider bought the yeast form the store and the one thing i never fully understood was yeast and its alchohal rating it said on the package 18 percent achohal tolerance what does h mean? does it mean that the yeast will produce a cider thats 18 percent alchohal then die? i was curious i am looking to make a strong cider. but have no clue how to know which to make please help me i actually have a question now i have brewed cider before a nice sweet cider bought the yeast form the store and the one thing i never fully understood was yeast and its alchohal rating it said on the package 18 percent achohal tolerance what does h mean? does it mean that the yeast will produce a cider thats 18 percent alchohal then die? i was curious i am looking to make a strong cider. but have no clue how to know which to make please help me

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