How to Make Apartment-Scale Hard Cider – Food in Jars

Name: How to Make Apartment-Scale Hard Cider – Food in Jars
Ingredients: 1 gallon of fresh-pressed or store-bought juice (no preservatives like sodium benzoate or potassium sorbate); Yeast; 1/2 teaspoon pectic enzyme; 6 ounces wildflower honey or 4.4 ounces white or brown sugar; Optional: 12 grams white sugar (for carbonation step); Two-gallon food-grade plastic bucket with lid and hole for airlock; One-gallon glass jug; Jug stopper with hole for airlock; Airlock; Auto-siphon and plastic tubing for racking; Growlers or wine bottles with corks (for still cider); Swing-top bottles (cappable beer bottles, or PET soda bottles with caps (for sparkling cider))

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Ingredients

1 gallon of fresh-pressed or store-bought juice (no preservatives like sodium benzoate or potassium sorbate)
Yeast
1/2 teaspoon pectic enzyme
6 ounces wildflower honey or 4.4 ounces white or brown sugar
Optional: 12 grams white sugar (for carbonation step)
Two-gallon food-grade plastic bucket with lid and hole for airlock
One-gallon glass jug
Jug stopper with hole for airlock
Airlock
Auto-siphon and plastic tubing for racking
Growlers or wine bottles with corks (for still cider)
Swing-top bottles (cappable beer bottles, or PET soda bottles with caps (for sparkling cider))