Yeast for 2016 Apple Juice

[Leann ull]

I'm clearly hungover as can't see any ref to pitch temp in that article?
I don't think he does either tbh but will advise

[mr hoppy]

Haha, when I saw your comment I thought there's another possible explanation for that, but I checked and I wasn't imagining it. It's the third para below the "The process" header:

Once the juice is pressed and pumped into the IBC fermenters a cold acting cider yeast is pitched. Davy has no heating in his facility and is therefore at the mercy of the elements. Unlike beer however this is to the good as cider has traditionally been fermented at barn temperatures and when space is at a premium its usually left outside.

[Leann ull]

Ha ha I will ask but suspect it's a champagne variant.
I know Con uses nothing as he was tell me a few years back he left an ibc out the back one year with a load of mixed surplus juice forgot all about and it turned into an amazing cider 12 months later, never to be repeated.

[Qs]

If you use something very attenuative like champagne yeast on the dry juice is it likely to turn out too dry?

And are the dry cider yeasts any use from Fermentis and Mangrove Jack?

[Leann ull]

Tried loads and best one so far is gervin but trying Mj this year

[molc]

Thinking of using s04 and Notts together this year in mine. Best cider I did was a pack of s04, then us05 2 weeks later to finish it off.

[irish_goat]

Thinking of using s04 and Notts together this year in mine. Best cider I did was a pack of s04, then us05 2 weeks later to finish it off.

Were you looking for a dry cider or was it just too sweet before adding the us05?

[molc]

Thinking of using s04 and Notts together this year in mine. Best cider I did was a pack of s04, then us05 2 weeks later to finish it off.

Were you looking for a dry cider or was it just too sweet before adding the us05?

Both. After 4 weeks, it was 1.020 but I had already transferred into a keg before checking. Sprinkled on us05, ignored for a few months and had wonderful dry cider when I came back.

[Qs]

1 or 2 packs of dried yeast? Putting in an order for stuff now so want to be ready for when the juice comes.

[Leann ull]

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[Leann ull]

Need to be careful using beer yeasts in cider they are not good bedfellows, on the liquids I had it was recommended I do starters which were 50:50 dme and AJ

[Qs]

Will grab some cider yeast so. Was considering notty but might just get the cider stuff instead. First time with cider and I've only barrel so don't want to get too experimental this year.

[Leann ull]

Couple of the lads used notty, just a bit more work with liquids, probably worth having a go with is you had some Demi's

[Qs]

I don't want to split it really as I don't want to have to bottle it.

[mr hoppy]

Going to let the dry do it's thing, same as the last two years and I'm going to try K1-V1116 in the balanced.