Do_you_realise
Active Member
Hey,
I've picked up a variety of Apple juices from my local supermarket and looking to try a 5 litre batch of still cider as an experiment. I'd like to try to emulate Thistly Cross, a Scottish cider which is one of my favourites - mostly because it's very sweet and almost like drinking the best apple juice ever...but it's ridiculously alcoholic at 7.2%!
All the literature on their site states that they use champagne yeast which was a total surprise because I'd always read that champagne yeast lead to incredibly dry ciders. Yet their site says nothing about back sweetening (which I'd rather try to avoid as it's a major faff for a first cider attempt!)
What would you guys recommend? Is there a middle ground yeast which will give a similar flavour but without being so aggressive as champagne yeast? I'm also interested in finding a yeast which leads to cider which doesn't need months and months to age before being drinkable. Sweet and quick, basically! Cheers :)
I've picked up a variety of Apple juices from my local supermarket and looking to try a 5 litre batch of still cider as an experiment. I'd like to try to emulate Thistly Cross, a Scottish cider which is one of my favourites - mostly because it's very sweet and almost like drinking the best apple juice ever...but it's ridiculously alcoholic at 7.2%!
All the literature on their site states that they use champagne yeast which was a total surprise because I'd always read that champagne yeast lead to incredibly dry ciders. Yet their site says nothing about back sweetening (which I'd rather try to avoid as it's a major faff for a first cider attempt!)
What would you guys recommend? Is there a middle ground yeast which will give a similar flavour but without being so aggressive as champagne yeast? I'm also interested in finding a yeast which leads to cider which doesn't need months and months to age before being drinkable. Sweet and quick, basically! Cheers :)