Today I started a new batch with a similar recipe for batches #22 and #23, with the exception that I decided to try a different yeast. Recipe #24:
- 5 gallon Kirkland's apple juice
- 1 pack Danstar Windsor (English Ale)
- 1 lemon
- 2 English Breakfast tea bag
As with the previous batches, prior to adding juice and yeast to the carboy, I added to a pot:
- 1/4 gallon apple juice
- juice of 1 lemon (~1/5 cup)
- 2 English Breakfast tea bag
I cooked this mixture on the stove for 30 minutes at a temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit. While this was "cooking", I added the yeast to ~8oz of 80F apple juice and covered. I then chilled this over ice to bring it to <80F, added this and 3/4 gallons of juice to the carboy, pitched the yeast, and then added the remaining 4 gallons of juice.
On 3 May, I started a new batch with a similar recipe for batch #22, with the exception that I decided to try a different yeast. Recipe #23:
- 5 gallon Kirkland's apple juice
- 1 pack Safale S-05 (American Ale)
- 1 lemon
- 2 English Breakfast tea bag
As with the previous batches, prior to adding juice and yeast to the carboy, I added to a pot:
- 1/4 gallon apple juice
- juice of 1 lemon (~1/5 cup)
- 2 English Breakfast tea bag
I cooked this mixture on the stove for 30 minutes at a temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit. While this was "cooking", I added the yeast to ~8oz of 80F apple juice and covered. I then chilled this over ice to bring it to <80F, added this and 3/4 gallons of juice to the carboy, pitched the yeast, and then added the remaining 4 gallons of juice.
