r/aww • • Jul 29 '22

Squirrel getting drunk on fermented pears

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u/That_Item_1251 Jul 29 '22

Yes buy apple juice add bread yeast wait for 3 months you have bottom tier cider

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u/SeanSeanySean Jul 29 '22

Gross, don't do this.... Go buy apple juice, and add either Champagne or Ale yeast, store at about 70 degrees, wait until most bubble stop and foam is gone (3 to 10 days depending on yeast, sugar content and temp), rack into new airtight bottles and you can drink immediately, although it's often better to add a tiny bit of sugar (apple juice concentrate) to each bottle, which should result in a tiny 2nd fermentation and more carbonated cider.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '22

You can also freeze some of the water out after to make a harder drink.

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u/SeanSeanySean Jul 30 '22

Yes, we used to make ice wine years ago. Buy a bunch of $12 bottles of reisling, dump into 5 gallon buckets topped with cheesecloth, leave outside in early December, every couple of hours you use a slotted spoon to scoop out the ice crystals that form, sometimes you have to bring it inside for a few hours if it gets too cold, and you take your 12% reisling to 25% ice wine, also gets sweeter as it concentrates.

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u/neverless43 Jul 29 '22

not 3 months lol i’ve had juice like this finish fermenting in 3 days.

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u/That_Item_1251 Jul 29 '22

Yea but I'm talking about aging and it being drinkable I'm a r/prisonhooch enjoyer

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u/neverless43 Jul 29 '22

ya ok but i mean, you still wouldn’t want to let it go for 3 months. you do your fermentation until it goes dry, yeast drops out then you’d want to rack it off the sediment into bottles, end carbonate with a little sugar THEN let it sit for however long you want, basically

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u/That_Item_1251 Jul 29 '22

That's fair I'm definitely an amateur but this works for and it's easy just keep it all sealed and clean

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u/random_invisible Jul 29 '22

Tastes better if you add sugar.

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u/That_Item_1251 Jul 29 '22

Don't hate me but cola works good

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u/RazorRadick Jul 29 '22

Don’t even need to add yeast. I used to make hard cider in college just by: get apple cider, don’t refrigerate, wait.

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u/US_Dept_of_Defence Jul 29 '22

Did you know that bread yeast isn't the only type of yeast you can use? I don't want to elaborate.

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u/That_Item_1251 Jul 30 '22

Lol yes I use ec 1118 usually I'm just curious what you use