Brew Number 64
- 4 buckets Kalangadoo Organics "Jonagold" apples (~16kg)
- 4L Kalangadoo Organics "Gala" apple juice (they ran out of apples)
- 1.5kg strawberries
- 1.2kg sugar
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 6 cardamom pods
- 2 vanilla beans
- Dry champagne yeast (Grumpys, unknown mfg) (1st generation starter - 29/3/08)
- Juiced the apples, got 12L juice and about 3L of foam. Measured 15% brix.
- Juiced the strawberries, got ~1.5L of juice/slush (were partly frozen, probably should have used a blender). Measured 7% brix.
- After a good stir there was about 18L of juice & 4 of foam (not sure how that adds up TBH). Measured 14% brix.
- Boiled ~1L of water with the sugar, cinnamon sticks, cardamom pods & vanilla beans for ~10 mins.
- Removed 2 of the cinnamon sticks & seeded the vanilla beans.
- Measured brix over 32% (hardly surprising since it should be 120% or so I think)
- Boiled for a further few minutes then added to the fermenter.
- Final brix now 18%, SG 1073.
- Added 400mL of starter.
- Put in temperature controller set at 15C, reset to 18C, and then 21C.
| Date | Measured SG | Temperature | Corrected SG | Brix | Notes |
| 31/03/2008 20:00 | 1073 | 23.81 | 1073 | 18.0% | Measured SG |
| 05/04/2008 18:00 | 1048 | 21.81 | 1048 | 12.0% | SG converted from Brix |
| 11/04/2008 09:20 | 1023 | 21.37 | 1023 | 6.0% | SG convered from Brix. Line in the refrac. fades a lot |
| 19/04/2008 12:00 | 998 | 21.12 | 998 | 6.0% | Measured SG. Finished |
- Fermentables split into 3 layers even after vigorous stirring.
- Rang Grumpys and they recommended 18C so I switched (about 15hours after starting).
- Got an email from stillbrewing.com.au which is what Grumpy's brewshop has now become and they recommend 21-24C (23:30 2/4/08).
- Strained the cider through a sieve to remove the chunky bits. Gave around 17L. Squeezed the pulp through muslin wrap to get 19L.
- Taste tested to determine amount of sugar. Decided on 67.7g/L. Used ~1.25kg of lactose (~65g/L).
- Used 160g of priming sugar.
- Got 55 375mL bottles, reserved 6 without lactose.
- Stratified fermentables:
- Temperature log:
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beermon-64.png | manage | 60.4 K | 20 Apr 2008 - 01:36 | DanielOConnor | |
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stratified.jpg | manage | 159.9 K | 31 Mar 2008 - 13:04 | DanielOConnor | Stratified fermentables |
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