Months 2 to 3įermentation continues slowly, as temperature drops during winter fermentation may almost stop before re-starting in spring as temperatures rise again. Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Cider With Roger by Adam Millbank ()įermentation starts slowly as the wild yeast grows, consuming sugars and creating alcohol and CO2.
The juice is placed in large oak or plastic barrels which are stored in a dark barn. Cider fermentation timeline – Wild yeastĪ typical timeline for traditional craft cider production Day 1ĭuring October and November apples collected from the orchards are washed, milled and pressed to extract as much juice as possible. This produces a very dry tasting cider which may need to be back sweetened by adding either pasteurised apple juice or sugar.
Cultivated yeast ferments more vigorously and will continue until it uses up all the available sugar. Unlike natural fermentation which may stop before all the sugar from the fruit juice has been consumed by the yeast. Cider yeast is available at homebrew stores and online, but you can also get good results using wine yeast. However, if things don’t go to plan, you may end up making vinegar.īecause of this, most people who make cider at home use Camden tablets to kill off any bacteria and wild yeast in the juice before adding cultivated yeast. In most cases, after a few weeks, saccharomyces cerevisiae (the yeast used to brew beer) will dominate and kill off undesirable bacteria. The downside of relying on naturally occurring yeast, apart from the fact that fermentation takes longer, is that it can give unpredictable results. Additionally, since fermentation often stops before all the sugar in the juice has been consumed by the yeast, it may also leave some residual sweetness in the finished cider. The advantage of using naturally occurring yeast strains is that it gives a more complex flavour to the finished cider. Once fermentation has completed, the cider is racked off to a second vessel to age. Alternatively, cultivated yeast and yeast nutrients may be added in which case fermentation takes about a week. Traditional craft cider made using naturally occurring wild yeasts takes two to three months to ferment. They also contain yeast which means that to make cider, you simply need to extract the juice and leave it in a clean container away from sunlight to ferment. Fresh apples are made up of approximately 85% water and 10% fermentable sugar.
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