Apple brandy

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Apple brandy

Postby Sugardaddy » Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:15 pm

I was thinking of doing something I have never done for summer and making some apple brandy. I don't have a fruit grinder or proper press so I was thinking of cheating and using apple juice bought from the supermarket.
I am wondering if anyone has done this and did it turn out a success. I was thinking of using wine yeast but not sure how much sugar to use with apple juice and if I should add water as well.
I want to do a 40 litre ferment or maybe even 60 litres if I can get juice cheap enough.

If anyone has some tips or experience with this method I would appreciate to here what they have to say, even better would be if someone has a recipe for this method to follow if they are willing to share it.

I know the general rule of thumb with fruit washes is 1 kg of fruit/ 1 kg of sugar/ 5 litres of water;
But have no idea of ratio if I'm using store bought apple juice.

Thank you :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Apple brandy

Postby bluc » Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:24 pm

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Re: Apple brandy

Postby Sugardaddy » Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:38 pm



Thanks mate
You suggesting to use that to make an alcoholic cider to run or to just add that tin to the fermenter with the Aldi apple juice? I'm still not sure if I am to add sugar as well
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Re: Apple brandy

Postby bluc » Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:43 pm

You need high-er gravity to achieve a decent amount of product for you effort. Apple juice will get you part way rather than bump up the gravity using sugar which will provide no flavour but add more alcohol. concentrated apple juice has lots flavour and will provide fermentables(boost gravity while also boosting flavour) which is win win :D
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Re: Apple brandy

Postby bluc » Thu Sep 28, 2017 8:45 pm

Fermenting any apple product will produce cider. Which you then distill... :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Apple brandy

Postby orcy » Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:25 pm

aldi apple juice is about 1045 and will ferment to 995 easily with a common yeast like US05.

that will give you around 6.5 percent. could easily chuck in 2 or 3 KG of sugar to bump it up. all of those apple concentrate kits use a kilo of dextrose extra anyway.

i'm very interested to see how you guys go with this.
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Re: Apple brandy

Postby bluc » Thu Sep 28, 2017 9:43 pm

Yes the concentrate with water added needs dextrose. But apple concentrate into apple juice will be more benificial the plain sugar into apple juice....
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Re: Apple brandy

Postby Sugardaddy » Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:47 pm

orcy wrote:aldi apple juice is about 1045 and will ferment to 995 easily with a common yeast like US05.

that will give you around 6.5 percent. could easily chuck in 2 or 3 KG of sugar to bump it up. all of those apple concentrate kits use a kilo of dextrose extra anyway.

i'm very interested to see how you guys go with this.


Have you tried this before orcy ?
Thanks for the responses also guys
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Re: Apple brandy

Postby TasSpirits » Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:51 pm

I made a couple of lots of cider from kits, used apple concentrate and extra sugar to bump up the abv without losing flavour, decided it was shit and distilled it. Made a very tasty apple brandy, I would use ec1118 rather than a beer yeast. :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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