Homemade Apple Cider Recipe (2024)

FAQs

How many pounds of apples does it take to make 1 gallon of apple cider? ›

Selecting Apples

It takes 15 pounds of apples to produce a gallon of cider.

It take about 3-6 medium sized pressed apples to make an 8 oz cup of cider.

To make the best cider, you need to ensure that the fruit is ripe. This can be done with a simple prod test – when you can leave an indentation in the skin with your thumbnail, they're ready to go. Importantly, also, the fruit needs to be clean, so as to not introduce spoilage bacteria.

1/2 peck of apples equals 5 - 6 lb or 12 - 15 medium sized apples. 1 peck of apples equals 10 - 12 lb or 35 - 40 medium sized apples. 1 bushel of apples can weigh 42 - 48 lb.

In my experience, a decent yield is 100 lbs of apples to make 5 gallons.

Use a cider yeast and add a 5 gram sachet. If you are making a larger quantity, the whole sachet would be enough to make a full (23 litres) 5 gallons of cider. Stir it around and then add some yeast nutrient. A teaspoon is normally good for 1 gallon.

For sweeter cider, try Gala, Fuji, Cortland, Golden Delicious, or Red Delicious varieties; for a more acidic ghostwriter seminararbeit, tart flavor, go with Pink Lady, Braeburn, Jonathan, or McIntosh. A blend of apples from both the sweet and tart flavor families is sure to be a hit!

If you're aiming to make one demijohn of cider, a demijohn takes 4.5 litres (1 gallon) of liquid. As a general rule you will need about of 9 kg (20 lbs) of apples to produce 4.5 litres of juice.

Primary fermentation should begin in 24-36 hours and should finish in 5-9 days. After the fermentation slows down, you should rack the cider into a clean carboy and attach a stopper and an airlock. While bulk aging cider, the carboy should always be filled close to the top (~ 1″ from the stopper).

If we say it cost a total of $2.75 to make this batch of 48oz, that would come out to $7.15/gallon. If cost is your only factor, then once you add up the ingredients, and the time spent making the cider, it would probably be faster and cheaper to stick a gallon or two in your cart next time you visit the store.

What yeast is best for apple cider? ›

There are others; Clos De Bois, for an aromatic sip, or CL-23, for a clean, crisp cider. Any beer yeast will also create apple cider, however, some are much better than others. One of our favorites is the Safale US-05, which is a yeast commonly used to make pale ales and IPAs. It has a crisp, clean flavor.

Liquid sugar is one of the most widely used sugars in cider production because its 67% sucrose content and low viscosity enable it to deliver consistent and reproducible results.

How many apples does it take to make a gallon of cider? - It will take just a little over a peck or 36-42 medium apples to make just one gallon of cider.

It takes roughly 12 pounds of apples to produce one gallon of fresh juice. That means you're getting almost one pound of apples in each serving.

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The quantity of juice varies with the type and quality of apples, but a bushel will usually produce somewhere between 2 to 4 gallons of juice. On average, 5 bushels will yield about 15 gallons of fresh cider (apple juice).