Brewing Method: Still Cyser
Yeast: wyeast 3347
Yeast Starter: 1/2 gallon
Batch Size: 5 us gallons
Original Gravity: 1.120
Final Gravity: 1.010
Alcohol Content: 14.7 %
Pasteurization Time: 15 minutes
Pasteurization Temp: 180 degrees
Total Amount of Honey: 12 pounds Orange Blossom honey
Color: gold
Yeast Nutrient-Amount: 3 tsp
Yeast Energizer-Amount:
Primary Fermentation: 45-60 days room temp
Secondary Fermentation: 1 month room temp
Additional Fermentation: 3 months room temp
Honey Bill:
12 pounds of orange blosson honey or any other suitablecyser honey
Other Flavorings or Fermentables:
5 gallons unpasteurized apple juice ( I used store bought)
2 pounds of light malt extract ( adds body to the final product)
2 pounds of muscovado sugar ( raw turbinado sugar will work also)
10 whole cloves added in primary
12 pieces of cassia bark ( whole cinnamon sticks will work also) added in primary
2 pounds of motts apple sauce with cinnamon
2 pounds of white raisins added in the primary with other spices
1/2 tsp nutmeg added in the secondary ( optional)
pectiz enzyme
Brewers Notes:
Make a 1 liter starter of wyeast 3347 several days in advance. Add one gallon of water and heat to boiling, then add light malt extract and disolve and turn off heat. add the sugar and honey and pasteurize for in to 30 minutes. (I don't boil the honey but pasteurize it instead and any apple juice without preservatives will do). add the apple juice, spices, white raisins, and apple sauce and stir to mix then place in carboy also add some pectic enzyme and when cool add the yeast starter and a blow off tube as in the primary 3347 can be explosive. After the first week shake the carboy several times a week to keep the yeast working. Rack to the secondary when the gravity has fallen to the desired level or 60 days have passed ( in my case the gravity fell to 1.010 in 45 days). rack the the secondary and ferment for 4 months to clear up I add 1/2 tsp sodium metasulphite to stop fermentation at racking and sparkaliod after one week in the secndary then rack to a third carboy after 3 weeks where it sits for 3 months.