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(Created page with " = Intro = The first batch was primarily made from nonpasturized apple juice with about a cup of juiced apples. = Ingredients = * 14 Cups of nonpasturized apple juice * 6 O...")
 
 
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6) Covered, put in a nice cool swamp cooler, fermenting for 2 weeks (should be around 65, unfortunately has probably been averaging 68-70)
6) Covered, put in a nice cool swamp cooler, fermenting for 2 weeks (should be around 65, unfortunately has probably been averaging 68-70)


7) Toss it in the fridge and drink (hopefully)
7) Racked (with slight difficulty) into another sanitized carboy to separate the cider from all the dead yeast(!) and capped. Will chill in Yardena's fridge until she gets sick of it, then maybe another 2 months in my fridge.
 
8) Drink! Kanpai!


= Lessons Learned =
= Lessons Learned =


* Don't pitch DOUBLE the amount of yeast that you're supposed to
* Don't pitch DOUBLE the amount of yeast that you're supposed to (possible fix: rack into a different container to separate out all the dead yeast, and let it rest to hopefully mellow out and lose some of the off flavors incurred by the rapid fermentation (a result of the somewhat high temp fermentation and the total overkill of yeast).
 
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