Mixed berry cider: Brew Berrymore

This is a batch of cider made with just blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries. The image was generated by stable diffusion.

  • 9/10
    • Started with:
    • 3 lb blueberries
    • 6 lb blackberries
    • 5 lb raspberries
    • 6.5 lb sugar
    • Water to reach 5 gallons
    • Starting gravity: 1.060
  • 9/11
    • Added yeast: Safale S-04
  • 9/16
    • Fermentation was pretty slow, removed the fruit solids and racked to a carboy
    • Gravity: 1.050
  • 10/8
    • Racked and added sparkolloid
    • Final gravity 0.995 for ~7.2%
  • 10/14
    • Added 3 oz priming sugar, target is 2 volumes of Co2
    • Ended up with 4.2 gallons in the end
    • Bottled and labeled
Fermentation
Kept the fruit in a bag which made it much easier to separate the solids later

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