*_CHECK OUT THIS NEW SAFER PASTEURIZATION METHOD HERE-->_* kzread.info/dash/bejne/rH2GqLufm8-ahKg.html Also, this apple cider is 6% alcohol by volume:-)

@lucusfridenmaker5062

5 жыл бұрын

Potential for catastrophic failure...that made me laugh that was exactly what happened when I tried this several years ago.

@saprenna

4 жыл бұрын

BTW, mine came out to just over 10% abv! 😳😊😊😊

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

@@saprenna Wow! You're not playing around, LoL:-) That's some serious cider!

@saprenna

4 жыл бұрын

@@BeardedBored Well, I wanted to make you proud! 😁

@rythmicwarrior

4 жыл бұрын

@@saprenna How long did you ferment it before bottling?

Hands down the best cider video on KZread. Point blank period. No nonsense, straight to the point and not complicated.

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Coke bottle pressure tester is genius

@BeardedBored

6 жыл бұрын

Wish it was my genius idea, LoL! I read it years ago in a brewing forum.

@eb282

5 жыл бұрын

Gordon Freeman smart!

@Chobaca

5 жыл бұрын

But that one wasn't pasturised right?

@stephenboyd4934

4 жыл бұрын

@@BeardedBored Yeah I've been bottling my beer & stout / cider in carbonated drinking water bottles for a while now , as cheap the buy & I put the water in to my water butt for later use.

@aberd1144

4 жыл бұрын

@@stephenboyd4934 Wait, you put water into your butt water for later use? like a camel?

Appreciations from Sweden! I think you are a natural born teacher/instructor. Easy to follow, easy to understand. Keep up the good work!

@BeardedBored

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

I recommend preheating your bottles in a bucket of hot (around 110 F) water and then take them straight from that to the pasteurization kettle to reduce thermal shock. They should be in the hot water for half an hour or so - it takes a while to warm up the liquid in a bottle, just like it takes awhile in the fridge to chill it...

@stevereisman6872

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea! Here's a great tip for those of us who have Jacuzzi's..drop the bottles in there to get them up to 100 before going into the 180 bath!

Just finished pasteurizing my first batch. Can’t wait to try it, and just in time for Christmas sharing.

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Congrats on your first batch and great timing!

I'm so glad I came across this video. Opened me up to a hole new world. 👍

Nice video man. Made some this winter and used the same process. Family loved it. Making more tonight. Yummy!!!

I haven't made hard cider in over 10 years. I used apple cider (pasteurized from the grocery store) for the ferment. The backsweetening and carbonation, I used granny smith frozen concentrate juice. The flavor was phenomenal and blew Angry Orchard out of the water. The granny smith juice gave it a nice tartness. I'm just about to get back into brewing after over a decade and I think hard cider is back on the list (my last batch ended badly with several bottles exploding during pasteurization). Funny thing with the bottle bomb batch. It was a 5 gallon ferment. After the first set of bottles exploded, I carefully put the rest into cases and put them out on the back porch. I forgot about them for several years in the Long Island weather. I was cleaning and wanted to get rid of them. I opened the first bottle and it geysered. I tasted what was left and it was awesome! Best cider I ever had. I drank that one and opened another. Not much of a geyser, but it was super carbonated, like more than seltzer. Every sip was proceeded by a burp. I didn't get back to cleaning that day. I eventually ended up drinking the rest of the bottles. I had a system. Put the bottles I was going to drink in the fridge. Open one and pour it into a large mug and let it sit in the fridge for about 30 minutes and stir before drinking. Still a lot of bubbles but manageable. Looking back on it now, it was really good stuff. Ok. I need to make this again.

I followed your recipe and it turned out amazing. Did a two gallon batch. Thanks for sharing it.

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Congrats!

@silverstallion4634

2 жыл бұрын

I'm about to try to make a batch it looks and sounds like it's a good drink!

Just finished my second glass of cider using your process. Outstanding results. I used an empty root beer plastic bottle. It imparted just a hint of the root beer flavor even after cleaning very well. Surprisingly it was even better than the glass bottles. Thanks!!

Wanted to say thank you. I bottled and pasteurized my first two gallons and they came out amazing. Didn’t lose a single bottle due to your new pasteurization method in the Ginger Beer video. I back sweetened one gallon with apple juice concentrate and the other with apple-cherry. This video got me into making cider and I appreciate it.

Sir, this is my new favorite channel... thank you for making these videos. I've done a few beer brew kits in my fast fermenter from my local wine shop, and after watching apple jack and the hard apple cider vids I'm hooked, can't wait to gather supplies and get cookin' !!

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it:-)>

I have watched a lot of these videos and yours by far is the best one, thank you I will be trying your process.

@BeardedBored

6 жыл бұрын

Wow, Thanks so much! Good luck on your next batch:-)>

I was about to ask a bunch of questions that were answered in the description... Thank you for the awesome video!!! I'm going to try this!

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Let me know if any other questions come up. Good luck on your batch!

This guy is THE "BREAKING BAD" of hard cider!!! Awesome 😎

@BeardedBored

2 жыл бұрын

I am the one who knocks...back all the cider:-)))

The comparison to a coke bottle firmness trick is pure genius! well done dude! saved me a lot of trouble :)

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped:-)

TY for posting the video. I never considered freeze distillation. Good luck with everything and keep reaching for the stars... 🤖🌐🇱🇷👍👍

Not sure why this was on my recommended but you now have a new subscriber

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

I'm convinced that the KZread algorithm uses some sort of magic to come up with the recommended list, but I'm not complaining:-) Thanks for the sub!

@dougierotten

5 жыл бұрын

@@BeardedBored same here. But I guess youtube has figured out I am a beer salesman. Great content.

@irunamuk

5 жыл бұрын

Haham same here. It showed up in my feed and now I’m subscribed and binge watching 🤣

Made my day with the simplicity and reminders in the video! 5 ***** of 5!

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Using the coke bottles as a squeezable pressure sensor and reference, is just brilliant. Thank you.

Pretty good little video. Few things to point out from a pro's perspective. If you can take the time, counter pressure fill your bottles with a decent CO2 purge, leaving a larger head space, and don't add in the priming juice at the start. Let the bottle age on the lees for a few months before you go back and add a dosage of the fresh juice for your priming. This will allow the bottle to start to undergo MLF and change those malic acids to lactic acid for a much smoother end product. I know this is a longer process, but if you kill off the yeast too early this process won't happen. My other suggestion relates to your actual pasteurisation process - if you can hold a stable temp with your cooking element, there would be no reason to turn off the heat source if you sit your bottles on a trivet or wire rack inside the pot itself, and when you add your bottles (always a consistent amount) for the first time you do it, add one uncapped so you can pop a temperature probe or kitchen thermometer into the bottle to ensure your bottle reaches 75deg C for a few minutes and then remove per your video. The other thing that popped out is if you're using commercially processed clear juice, the pectinase is overkill. Different story if you're using fruit you've pressed yourself, particularly if you add heritage cider varieties such as Kingston Black. Good luck with the cider making!

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for all the great advice! I'll give these a try.

@Bear-cm1vl

5 жыл бұрын

I ended up buying an automatic insertion sous vide heater for cooking and pasturizing pickles without making them softer than they have to be. This would probably work perfectly with a deep enough container to pasturize cider bottles as well.

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

@@Bear-cm1vl Someone else mentioned the sous vide setup. I'll have to try it:-)

@3sonscider907

5 жыл бұрын

Cool. That should go the trick nicely

@stephenboyd4934

4 жыл бұрын

I think its better too produce a higher % cider then just dilute with fresh juice works for me ? I have learned that using just purr juice will only produce about 5 % proof, not that strong ? I can get 7 % proof ?

I used your method for apple cider and ginger beer which both have perfectly brewed! Great vid and thank you for posting!!

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Congrats on the successful brews! Thanks:-)

Just getting started. I've always appreciated the art and the rewards. Thank you for the content.

If I had you as a teacher I would have learned something. Great video bro! Thanks!

This video, along with your apple palsy episode, and all of the ingredients including a 1 gal glass jug and bottles (and syphon) are my Christmas gift to my sister this year. Merry Christmas 🎄♥️💯

@BeardedBored

3 жыл бұрын

Have fun! Also, check out my Ginger Beer video for a safer lower temperature pasteurization method:-)

I followed these instructions to the letter and ABSOLUTELY could not be any HAPPIER! This stuff turned out freaking fantastic! My "testing" bottle was unsealed on Christmas Eve and the carbonation was perfectly on point. I have several other bottles in the fridge just begging me to open them. Another batch will be started shortly. BEST recipe on the web!

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Yay! Congrats! Glad you enjoyed it so much that you're already planning the next batch. Thanks:-)>

@nblankensh

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Super easy and super tasty.

Made my first batch with your recipe. Tured out so good. I'm confident I can do more. Thanks.

@BeardedBored

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats!!!

Love ciders and can't wait to try this out. As someone that does not have a lot of time on my hands due to my job this recipe is easy and you explained it so that I could easily understand how and when to do things. Awesome vids. Definitely will keep coming back for new recipes.

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help:-)

Coke bottle idea is brilliant. That's one thing less i have to guess at now. Also i made a similar batch of cider for a friends wedding except I used a berry concentrate instead of apple (I felt like mixing it up) I highly recommend trying it, i brought over 20 Liters and 8 people polished it off in a couple hours.

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I hate not knowing exactly when the cider is ready. I'll definitely try the berry cider. Sounds great:-)>

@fuzzywzhe

2 жыл бұрын

20/8 = 2.5 liters each. Hope nobody was driving.

@georgebarrett133

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea

@georgebarrett133

2 жыл бұрын

I have been using the plastic bottle test on beer for years, Google to know it’s aging well.

@stephengedye5588

Жыл бұрын

@@fuzzywzhe

This is a great video, just finished my first batch! Cheers!

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, and congrats on your first batch!

i absolutely love how you explain everything in detail i've been making cider for a year now and i have to drink it before it turns to champagnie and 90 % ends up on the ceiling in my bar, this pasteurization method will be what i do for my next batch Thanks bro!!

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother! Glad I could help.

I've been using your method based ok this video for over a year now! Amazing results every time. Just did a batch they fermented with some habanero peppers, back sweetened with lemon and blueberry juice. The results of that one were phenomenal... Sweet and heat. Thanks for thia information hope it helps more home brewers

Good video filled with some great advice. I'm on my 3rd batch. I went out and got some air locks with a cork that work really well. I've tried a balloon but it seems to impart a rubber taste. It is fun to try different techniques. For example, after fermentation was done, I've filtered the cider and put it back into the bottle it was fermented in. I added a little sugar and let it sit for a few days. After the bottle started getting hard I just put it into the refrigerator to stop the yeast from growing. The carbonation was perfect.

@BeardedBored

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats:-)

You sir have earned a subscriber. KZread recommended someone awesome for a change. Going to try this and get some ready around Christmas. Cheers buddy. Thanks for the tute

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

That was so cool. Your a genius. I make wine, but this is the best educational home teaching. Very good. The sweeting, pasteurizing was something I've never done. I always wondered about getting the bubbles while pouring the drink. Very good. Thanks!

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much:-)

I've tried a lot of commercially made ciders... so dry. LOVE your process! Decided to make it myself and it came out fantastic! This is my type of hard cider!! Thanks for sharing!

@BeardedBored

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it worked for you. Thanks:-)

A rubber grommet works well in the hole to put your airlock into. awesome job

This is exactly what I've been searching for! I've been brewing my own beer for a few months, but my wife enjoys hard cider. The prospect of dry hard cider, however, isn't appealing either. I can't wait to make my next brew about something she will enjoy! Thanks for this!

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

Glad I can help. I started making cider for the same reason:-)

Cool video, thanks for taking the time to make it!

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thank you for putting up this video. It feels detailed, yet friendly and relaxed. I just made my first batch of cider two days ago. It's currently quietly bubbling away on the floor of my closet. Thanks again.

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben! Good luck on your batch:-)

@benjaminweaver4488

4 жыл бұрын

@@BeardedBored The first batch was a success. My family likes it, especially my mother. Better that her favorite Stone Hill wine. So, that was high praise. I had 2 bottles out of 11 that had a really strong carbonation, and poured out like beer. Perfect. The others had a small "fizzt" when opened, and poured out like a wine cooler. Not bad. The taste was always good. So from the other comments, I am going to assume that the bottle caps didn't always make for a strong seal. So...I ordered a second 1 gal carboy, and I'm on to my second batch. I found that freezing the drinking glass really added to the enjoyment upon serving. Thanks again for doing this!

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

@@benjaminweaver4488 Yeah, the uneven carbonation can be irritating. Keep a close eye on the caps is about the best advice I can give. Hope your next batch is more consistent:-)

Ayyyyeeeeeee!!!!! He's back! Good to see you again my man :)

@BeardedBored

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, finally figured out my editing software, HaHa! Gotta get my Apple Jack video finished now:-)>

@curtyvaile5234

4 жыл бұрын

Hey! Two of my favorite guys! Wish George were on here too so I could say "Howdy" to the 3 of you at the same time! Greetings from Montana.

Holy crap this was informative. Grew up making wine with my dad but I just hated how pokey it was - this is up my alley. Love it!

@BeardedBored

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Best thing to do to keep from getting bored between batches is to start another one;-)

This video is fantastic and you've really helped me get the flavor I was looking for!

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve! Glad I could help:-)

"Cooler looking" is an absolutely legit reason.

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

Honestly, the best instructional video I've seen for fermenting! Your instructions are clear and then you have a clip showing us how you do it. Brilliant. Do you have any recommendations on how to make it a spiced hard cider? Would you add the spices right before the second fermentation?

@BeardedBored

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Best thing to do for a spiced cider is to siphon off the cider into a new sanitized jug, leaving the dead yeast behind in the first one. Add your spices, pop on an airlock and let it sit for a few weeks to steep, then do the bottling:-)

Thanks for the tips. I wouldn't give all mine away. Your a good man.

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

It was tough, but I didn't have another gift to substitute:-)

Just started my first attempt at making alcohol at home. I’m trying your hard cider recipe. Two days in and it’s bubbling away. If I figured it right, mine is about 6% ABV potential. I really enjoy watching you, George, and Jesse. Thanks for all the info and know how that you share.

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! Let me know if you have any questions along the way:-)

@donedwards5242

4 жыл бұрын

I started @ 2 years ago. Watched many of Bearded's video as well as George and the dude from New Zealand. follow the methods and it will be fine. Have made mead, wine and beer so far. Going to try Hard Cider in one gallon batches and if we like it will move up to 5 gallon batches. Good luck!

Been brewing and distilling (for educational purposes only) for 20+ years, and gotta tell you, I learned something new with this !!! Always had an issue with trying to figure when my ciders were carbed up once in a bottle. Ultimately, just dedicated a line on my triple tap for ciders to carb in the keg, but that meant I couldnt share a few bottles with others. Your plastic bottle "Tattle-Tale" is so simple, yet so ingenious. Got some bottles sitting in the cooler now with some Amber Ales and a bottle of, um, alcohol fuel... ;)

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! I wish that bottle was my idea, but I picked it up on a brewing forum several years ago. My friends lawn mower runs on alcohol fuel too;-)

Great video! Love how the information was given, and I really dig your style!! Thank you!!

@BeardedBored

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! BTW, I came up with a safer and easier pasteurization method in my ginger beer video if you need it;-)

Thanks mate, Im over here in Australia. I have just bought all the ingredients. Im gonna put down a 5 litre batch tonight. Great video mate.

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother. Good luck on your batch!

B&B, I just completed brewing three batches/3 gallons of Hard Cider using flip top bottles following your recipe. I calculated the %ABV just prior to backsweetening and bottling: Batch 1 of Mott's Apple Juice = 5.8 %ABV; Batch 2 of local fresh sweet cider = 6.6 %ABV; Batch 3 of Wegman's Apple Juice = 6.3 %ABV. I'm still new to calculating %ABV, so there is an error factor to consider. Pasteurized all batches and had one bottle bomb, luckily I was using a stout aluminum pot and lid, though it scared my wife. I did have a bottle or two that was leaking out foam from the flip top, which I believed was due to my filling the bottle too high and not leaving enough head space. I waited a few weeks then had a taste test with a sample from each batch. The Mott's is delicious, carbonated, sweet and appley! The local fresh sweet cider is very tart and the Wegman's has an off taste, but drinkable. I think in the future I'll just focus on repeating this process using Mott's Apple Juice, and once I get it down I'll experiment from there. Thanks again for posting a very understandable, step by step guide for entry level Cider making. Your combination of cider brewing facts, humor and common sense has marked a trailhead for future cider makers to follow. Hope to share a cold one with you someday!

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the comment Don. I like the fact that you're so thorough in your notes and experimentation. You're doing it right by getting that solid foundation now that you've found the right juice, and documenting everything. Like the saying goes, "The only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down." So glad the video was helpful. Cheers my fellow brewing nerd 🍺😀

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

@Cynthia Baker Good luck and have fun:-)

Success, kinda. My 12 oz Coke bottle of cider told me it was time to pasteurize. Before that I split the test bottle with my son and we love it. When I filled my 12 oz bottles I was pretty meticulous in finding out where the 12 oz line of fluid would be. In my case it was about a thumbs width from the lower rim of the bottle which I filled about 18 bottles to. First 4 went well along with the next 4. I had 10 bottles left so I did 2 sets of 5. One of the caps in the first set of 5 blew off the top. It was loud and scared the hell out of me, glad I put the metal lid on the pot to hold the heat in. That got me looking at the earlier ones and found 2 lids that looked like they almost popped off and the fluids were all really high now, above that lower rim. 2 lids in the next batch of 5 blew off also. What have I learned? Give myself more room for expanding fluid, maybe going down to 10 oz next time. Having a blast still, love the comments everyone leaves so I hope mine can also be helpful.

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Bottle caps can ruin your day. I nearly lost a batch of beer recently because my caps didn't seat right. I prefer to use swing-top bottles when I can, but I was out this time. For 12oz bottles I just fill to the shoulders of the bottle. Double check them all right after capping to make sure they're all firmly seated. Good luck on the next one:-)

@jodym9878

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that nugget on swing top capped bottles. I wanted to use them and I was looking for an affirmation on their usage.

@clucking

3 жыл бұрын

@@BeardedBored ooo, wish i had seen the fill-to-shoulder suggestion when I bottled my cider two days ago - I filled most a third the way up the neck. The plastic bottle was firm today (after 2 days!) so I'll be pasteurizing tonight using your new recommended sink-method. Oh, I put an extra tube of concentrate in my 3 gallon batch (4 tubes, 3 gallons of cider) as my wife has a sweet tooth. Maybe that's why the speedy carbonation? Fingers crossed.

@BeardedBored

3 жыл бұрын

@@clucking Good luck on it:-)

I'm so glad this video was suggested. I've been trying to crack this for years with my own pressed apple cider, without additives. The tip on the pasteurisation is the key; 82°C for 10 minutes and hope for no exploding glass bottles!

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful:-) Pasteurization can be a bit nerve wracking, but breweries do it every day. Once the lid is on your pot, just step away and let it do it's thing. If you do have a bottle blow up it should be contained in the water and the lid. I've only had a few pop, but they had thin spots in the glass. Swing-top bottles tend to be thicker, so you can always use those. Good luck on your future batches:-)

I use this recipe for my first try. Love it

I just made it/Apple and a Apple Blueberry from my wife’s garden. Outstanding and sparkling, I waited 5 days to pasteurized, 2 cups of sugar, didn’t tell anyone of the Apple concentrate “ How did you get it sweet?” Thanks for the help

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

So glad it worked for you! Fresh blueberry sounds great:-)

Duuuuude you are a total BOSS! Gonna make this call it Covid-Wineteen!!!

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

LOL!

Very Instructive, and super easy to understand and follow. Great video thanks !

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This back sweeten method has brought my Cider to exactly where I wanted it. Cheers bro

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it worked for you:-)

Easiest method with the smartest use of the jugs container. This idea is easy to replicate.

Love the video, have a batch going of this right now. Looking forward to trying it out. Not a fan of the background music, though--it's just distracting.

Really honest a goodness great video, love the genius practicality of the coke bottle tip .

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

I really wish that was my idea, but I read it on a beer forum years ago:-)

Dude well done. Really enjoyed this video! Very funny and thorough. Thank you.

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Cool username:-)

Absolutely the best cider video on KZread! Love it brother, keep em coming!!! Btw did you pasteurize the coke bottle too or just stick it in the fridge to halt the yeast?

@BeardedBored

6 жыл бұрын

Hey Thanks man!! I really appreciate that. I just parked the soda bottle in the fridge. I have no idea what temp the plastic can handle, so I figured it's better to be safe than scalded by hot cider and plastic napalm:-)>

@bigjplay

6 жыл бұрын

So I'm totally gonna try this and make your Bearded Sweet Cider and I'm also gonna do another one towards the fall where I fill a muslin hop bag with pumkin and spices and drop that into the fermenter for a week to create Sweet Pumpkin Hard Cider. 😲

@BeardedBored

6 жыл бұрын

Do it! Just find a solid recipe. I did a pumpkin mead a few years ago, but it didn't turn out because I used too much clove in my spice mix. Tiny bit goes a loooooong way. Like 1 whole clove for a 2 gallon batch would be plenty. Nutmeg and cinnamon are way more forgiving. Good luck:-)>

@joshuastrecker8646

6 жыл бұрын

Nice video! I’m going to give this a try. Next time you siphon onto the Apple juice, bury the end of that hose below the level of the liquid. You’ll introduce less oxygen that way.

@joshuastrecker8646

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your process!

little did people know, at the end of this video the balloon was just reg. air and beard man was using his normal squeaky voice ...lol ex. video, very informative .

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Aww man! Thanks for revealing my dark shame:-(>

Great recipe and approach! I tried my first batch and halved the apple juice concentrate: bottles carbonated just fine and the resulting cider is DELICIOUS!

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

Best tutorial I’ve seen so far, thank you

You could use a sous vide setup for pasteurization

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Someone else mentioned that, too:-)> Gonna put it on my Christmas list.

Great tip on icing buckets, I'm looking for a fermentor just that size. Thanks much! Subbed.

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks John! Glad I could help:-)>

Snow this year is way worse. Listening to your vids while i head to new mexico from east tx for work. Good content bud.

@BeardedBored

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, the snow is pretty rough this year. Lasting a lot longer too. Safe travels.

Thanks matey that was an extremely good set of instructions. made 5 gallons of the best tasting cider ever...many thanks

@BeardedBored

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Aaaaaaah! Aside from this video being awesome, you have such a sweet soundtrack! I ended up Shazam-ing this one: Jincheng Zhang - Equip So cool! Thank you!

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks:-) I put the song info in the video description for all my videos.

"Because its cooler looking" lol sounds like me spend that extra money so I dont have to look at a balloon... thanks for the tips

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

Cool username;-)

Awesome! Thanks for the wonderful tips! I can't wait to try!

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

Good luck:-)

Thanks so much! I used to live in an area of Canada that had so many sweet apple ciders and wines, now where I live it's all hard cider with no sweetness, can't find what I want. I'm going to try this. I appreciate that you said you're broke lol...same here, so I can't afford expensive equipment. I love how easy this is! Thanks again!

@BeardedBored

2 жыл бұрын

Happy to help. Check out my Ginger Beer video for an easier low temp pasteurization method. Good luck on your cider:-)

I would love to see you make a small cider series making ciders and beverages out of various fruits like peach and raspberry! It would also be cool to include some of the variability you mentioned such as getting a sweeter vs drier cider including different undertones. Love the video man!

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea! I'll put that in my notes for future videos. Thanks:-)>

@joannaherrick2215

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I've been looking for something like that, but no luck. 🤔

I dam near swallowed my Skoal at the end! Great video.

Making 4 gallons for the holidays! Thanks for the vid.

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Now that's how you impress your friends and family:-)

First-time brewer here. I tried this but only fermented it for 2 weeks. WOW it came out so good!!! Just perfect flavor! you're the man!!

@BeardedBored

3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your first brew:-)

I’ve tried this, I mixed the apple concentrate and bottled it today. Looking forward to the end result. I don’t have any helium. That sucks!

Yo Dude, I have watched many videos on how to make hard cider, but yours is the one I watch the most. Informative. Thanks for the info dawg and I am going to do my first batch soon. Sincerely, SUBSCRIBED

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother!

Best vid cant wait now to get some juice and try this out thanks for sharing cheers.

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck on your batch!

13:04 wow nice bubbly like a beer that awesome

@BeardedBored

6 жыл бұрын

:-)

so since you didnt boil the coke bottle I guess it turned out dry as you expected? Wonderful video. I just put my finished cider in the frige to stop the yeast, I thought 180 f would kill the alcohol. New at this appreciate ya. -PawPaw

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

The coke bottle still had a bit of sweetness to it even though it sat in the fridge for a month. Really surprised me. Heat doesn't break down the alcohol, unless you're distilling it into brandy, so you can safely pasteurize your bottles without losing any of the boozy character:-)>

Years later.. just started making this. Easy recipe, will update in a few weeks once fermentation stops. Thanks for the videos!

@BeardedBored

11 ай бұрын

Good luck! And check out my cherry cider video for some tips I didn't cover in this video.

Not sure why this popped up in my recommendations but I’m glad it did. Awesome video I’ll definitely be checking out your channel.

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

i have hard cider its bubbly like champagne but my cider its strong 11,5 % ABV btw nice video sir cheers

@BeardedBored

6 жыл бұрын

Strong stuff. Sounds great!

@stevanusmarcello7204

6 жыл бұрын

yes that strong

@RingtoneBasterds

5 жыл бұрын

If you feel it's too strong, just mix it with apple juice before pasteurisation...

How about a video on ginger beer.

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

You got it! I'll do one for the holidays:-)

@chuckdontknowdoya6100

4 жыл бұрын

Outstanding greatly appreciated thank you

Thanks for the video! I’ve been wanting to make a sweeter cider for a while now. I’ll definitely be using your tips to make a hard cider soon!

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck on your future batch:-)

Great video. I followed your recipe. It turned out great! Thanks for the information, it’s now by “go to”.

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Congrats on a successful batch:-)>

You already create enough fart smells on your own. Hahahaha!

just curious, where do you live that you haven’t seen snow in 15 years?

@JoRosieQueen68

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe in New Zealand or Australia? or somewhere close to that, he's clearly of anglo-saxon descendance and clearly not in Southern Africa so... these are my guesses, or some part of the US I guess, right under the Pacifc North-West

Fantastic video! I learned so much. Love your style. Thank you. Regards from Suffolk, UK. I hope you’re not still broke.

@BeardedBored

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Still broke, but that just makes me more creative with what I've got;-)

Nice! Going to try this for sure. Well done.

Great video , just one question how much weed do you smoke a day

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Sadly, I smoke zero marijuanas. Once it's legal, probably a lot.

Four to six weeks to dry out before back sweetening. What if it were left longer? Can the yeast reactivate at seven, eight weeks? More? Thanks

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Yes. Most die off, but there will usually be some in a dormant state that will wake up in the presence of a new sugar source.

@andyrathgeber9248

4 жыл бұрын

I hope so. Today I just bottled 4 gallons from last fall using this method.. Maybe bottle rockets won't be a problem after all 😝 Keep squeezing the coke bottle lol

Good stuff. Just the info I was looking for. Thanks fella!

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother:-)

I have to say.. I follow al your steps and it comes absolutely perf3ct...thank you so much.

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it! Thanks:-)

Good vid! How about adding a pound of sugar first to raise the proof?

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

That would definitely do raise the proof, probably to around 10% to 12% for a gallon of cider. You'll definitely need to use champagne or wine yeast since the alcohol content will get high enough to kill less tolerant yeast varieties.

@vikingfury2065

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Kim, at what stage would you add the pound of sugar?

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

@@vikingfury2065Before you add the yeast. Sugar is food for yeast so mix it in in the beginning. But for your first batch I'd just go with the original recipe to get a solid base of experience, then start experimenting with future batches. You could even start both batches at the same time to see how they compare.

@vikingfury2065

5 жыл бұрын

@@BeardedBored Thank you for the words of wisdom, I think i'll just stick to your tutorial recipe and procedure MANY times and perfect that before i start experimenting lol

@BeardedBored

5 жыл бұрын

@@vikingfury2065 Have fun:-)

Had a bottle explode during pasteurization, I am assuming I didn't have enough head space in the bottle(?), rest was fine.

@BeardedBored

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry that happened. It's definitely sucks to clean up. It's possible it was over filled. I just try to aim for the shoulders of the bottle as my level. But it's also possible the bottle was weak, or had a tiny crack you couldn't see. I've had 3 or 4 pop over the years. All of them were reused beer bottles. Most of the time I try to pasteurize in swing-top bottles since they're thicker glass and haven't been handled roughly. My suspicion is that in the course of being packaged, shipped, stocked purchased, etc. some used bottles may develop micro-cracks. They were pasteurized at the brewery before they came to the store, so technically they should handle the process just fine, but occasionally they fail in our kitchens.