Easy homemade hard cider
Homemade Hard Apple Cider
Ingredients:
- 1 liter apple juice (no preservatives, pure juice)
- ½ cup brown sugar or white sugar
- ½ teaspoon dried baker's yeast
Equipment:
- One 2 liters jug
- 1 glass bottle (1.5 – 2 liters)
- Funnel
- 1 piece of clean cloth (enough to cover the top of the jug)
- Rubber band
Steps:
- Clean jug and glass bottle. Let dry completely.
- Pour all apple juice to jug, add sugar. Stir until all sugar dissolved completely.
- Add yeast into the jug. Make sure no yeast stick on the side of the jug.
- Wrap the top of the jug with clean cloth and tied up using rubber bands. This will let the gas to escape but no bugs or dirt to go in.
- Bubbles rising from the bottom rapidly in the first few days.
- Let it sit for 7 – 14 days. Until bubbles stop rising or very little bubbles rising from the bottom.
- Now, time to “rack” the cider. A layer of dead yeast sediment (lees) is sitting at the bottom. Carefully pour the cider into a clean glass bottle using a funnel and leave the sediment remain at the bottom. Try not to shake the bottle too much so the sediment won't mix with the clear cider. No worries if get a little of the sediment along with cider, it is no harm.
- Keep in the fridge and leave the lid a little loose in case more gas is released.
- Enjoy the smooth and sweet cider anytime.
This is an easy homemade apple cider. No professional equipment required and only simple ingredients. Apple juice, sugar, bread yeast and a bottle will do the magic. The making process is fun and amazing. The end result letting you enjoy a nice homemade drink. The alcohol is not strong, but the drink is smooth, sweet and have great excitement of taste.
