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Cider Without Apples

A fermented beverage made by mixing water, sugar, tartaric acid, and yeast, then allowing it to sit overnight.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Cider Without Apples

Ingredients

Directions

Make the cider

  1. Mix 1 gallon of cold water with 1 lb of common sugar and ½ oz of tartaric acid.

  2. Add 1 tablespoon of yeast and shake well.

  3. Let it sit overnight.

Starter and keg care

  1. Save a few quarts to use as a starter for the next keg.

  2. Rinse the keg before reuse.

If it turns sour

  1. If it becomes sour, dilute with equal parts water.

  2. If it becomes sour, add more cider.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Common sugar
Provides the sugar that yeast ferments into alcohol and carbonation.
Tartaric acid
Adds acidity, giving the drink its tart, cider-like sharpness.
Yeast
Ferments the sugar, producing alcohol and carbon dioxide.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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