Making hard cider at home is very easy and can be done multiple ways.
If you want to make cider the easy way you can buy some at the grocery store and simply add yeast.
However you can also get fresh apples and juice them. It’s up to you!
This refreshing drink can range in profiles from sparkling wine to beer. It’s a great base to experiment with and add all kinds of fruits, hops and grains.
In the video below I show you how to make some from store bought juice.
The basics are:
- Buy/get juice
- Add Yeast and ferment for 2 weeks
- Add conditioning sugar and bottle
- Wait 2 weeks
- Drink
Just make sure there are no additives to the juice that will kill yeast. Some of these are:
- Sodium benzoate – Inhibits yeast
- Potassium sorbate – Kills/inhibits yeast
Hard cider is so versatile check out how we add hops to cider here.
