Hi all,
well its cider time so heres what I have tried to do.
The old breville juicer was pushed to its limits to produce 15 litres of juice/slush from apples from my tree.
These apples had been picked or windfallen and left to 'mature' in a box for 2 weeks and then left in the sun on cotton fabric to really start to 'age'...in fact some got too hot and partially cooked!
I have added nothing to the 'juice' except 750g of brown sugar in 2 litres of hot water to get the thing started.
The yeast is naturally growing on the apple skins and hopefully fermentation will start within the week.
I know its russian roulette on which yeast will be the 'dominant' one but I wanted to try to produce a scrumpy the natural way and not use campden tablets and pitch a yeast.
It'll probably give me 16 litres of vinegar but thems the risks!
Any of you guys tried natural yeast ciders with any success?
Cheers
Andy