Hard Cider

Here is another easy peasy fermentation project. Like hard cider such as the popular Ace or Angry Orchard?  Make your own!

• Buy or get some apple juice that has no preservatives.  It can have ascorbic acid to retain color. I use Sam's Choice 100% Apple Juice.  

• Sprinkle some wine yeast (bread yeast works too but may not taste as good) over the juice. Leave the cap off the bottle and cover with a coffee filter. 

•. Wait a few days. Taste the juice/cider every day until it reaches the balance of sweet/hard/alcohol that you like.  

• Put the cap back on. Refrigerate. Consume. 

WARNING:  The yeast consumes the sugars in the juice to produce two things:  alcohol and carbon dioxide. If the yeast have consumed all the sugar and died, your cider will be higher in alcohol and stopped bubbling carbonation. If not, it may continue to ferment in the fridge and will be very carbonated. In extreme cases it can explode. So be aware of this when you open.