We STEAMED Apples to Make Alcohol: Hard Cider from Whole Apples

It may not be new to you, but it's new to us: Steam Juicing. Wow, it's so simple, but so effective. We used whole apples and steam juiced them to make a hard cider. Yea, in the US, it's called hard cider. We don't make the rules. Enjoy! Thanks.

Ingredients:
15 lbs Apples, half Granny Smith, half Cosmic Crisp
1 Cup Black Tea, 1 tea bag steeped for 3 minutes
1/2 Package SafCider AC4: https://amzn.to/3AXB0EU
OG: 1.036

Additions:
42 grams Sugar
"Insurance" Yeast (we used Lalvin 71B)

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Chapters:
00:00 Whole Apple Cider
00:20 Apple Prep and Juicing
03:59 Specific Gravity of the Juice
07:28 Pitching Our Yeast
08:21 TRBOS!
09:33 Tannins
10:06 Temperature and Yeast Activity
10:41 Airlocks
12:03 1 Week Later...
13:48 ABV Calculation
14:28 Racking
15:45 Bottling and Natural Carbonation
21:48 Bottle Capping
22:57 Natural Carbonation Safety Tip
24:45 How Long Does Natural Carbonation Take?
25:04 Tasting
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