How to Make Instant Pot Apple Cider Recipe (2024)

FAQs

How many apples does it take to make a cup of cider? ›

It take about 3-6 medium sized pressed apples to make an 8 oz cup of cider.

Selecting Apples

It takes 15 pounds of apples to produce a gallon of cider.

Add yeast and nutrients: Add ½ teaspoon (~2 grams) of yeast nutrient (Fermaid K) per gallon of juice. Carefully swirl to mix. Add ¼ teaspoon (~1 gram) dry yeast per gallon of juice by sprinkling across the surface of the juice. After a few minutes, gently swirl to mix.

However, on average, it takes around 36 medium-sized apples to make one gallon of apple cider.

About 3/4 of an average sliced or cubed apple equates to a single cup. However, it really depends on the size of your apple and how you'll be cutting it. In a perfect world, you'll start with a medium apple. It's about the same size as a tennis ball (or about 2 ½ – 2 ¾ inches in diameter).

For sweeter cider, try Gala, Fuji, Cortland, Golden Delicious, or Red Delicious varieties; for a more acidic ghostwriter seminararbeit, tart flavor, go with Pink Lady, Braeburn, Jonathan, or McIntosh. A blend of apples from both the sweet and tart flavor families is sure to be a hit!

In my experience, a decent yield is 100 lbs of apples to make 5 gallons.

Since we know that three medium-sized apples (or four small ones) make a pound, you can use this as a guide to know how many large apples make up a pound. In general, 2 large apples can often make up a pound, with large apples that are close in size to a softball.

There are others; Clos De Bois, for an aromatic sip, or CL-23, for a clean, crisp cider. Any beer yeast will also create apple cider, however, some are much better than others. One of our favorites is the Safale US-05, which is a yeast commonly used to make pale ales and IPAs. It has a crisp, clean flavor.

Is it cheaper to make your own apple cider? ›

A gallon of fresh apple cider at Walmart is about $4/gallon. I used about $2.50 worth of fruit and a few cents worth of spices to get 48oz. If we say it cost a total of $2.75 to make this batch of 48oz, that would come out to $7.15/gallon.

Potassium Metabisulfite or Campden Tablets are used to kill off the wild yeast and bacteria. It will take about 24 hours to work and then you can add your cultured yeast. You will find that using sulfites will give you a cleaner flavor.

If we add an excessive number of yeast, the fermentation process will be robust and energetic, and this may result in an excessively active fermentation.

Do not stir. Add the lid loosely to the fermenter or attach an airlock (partially filled with water) and seal the lid. Primary fermentation should begin in 24-36 hours and should finish in 5-9 days. After the fermentation slows down, you should rack the cider into a clean carboy and attach a stopper and an airlock.

Basic Hard Apple Cider recipe

Approximately 20 pounds of apples for each gallon of juice. (Depending on how much juice is in apples and how they are processed. Juice if not pressing from apples.

1 dwarf cider apple tree will produce about 45 lbs.

Once you have added your sugar, it is time to start the fermentation process. Alternatively, if you wish to make a cider made of pure fresh apples, one would need around fifteen pounds of fresh apples to make a gallon of fresh juice.