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Cidre Normande

Cidre Normande

 

Ingredients

5 gals. (19 L) fresh-pressed sweet cider, blend emphasis on sweeter and more aromatic apples, less on acidic apples.
2 cups (473 mL) honey
1/2 tsp. acid blend
1/2 tsp. yeast nutrient
5 grams champagne yeast
2/3 cup corn sugar

Step by Step

Add honey, acid, and nutrient to the cider and ferment with the yeast. Rack after three weeks. Bottle in champagne bottles at approximately 12 weeks, priming with corn sugar. Bottle condition for six weeks.

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