I love how your chanel goes from making your own thermal paste one week to brewing cider the next. Keep up the hard work guys. Your videos are much appreciated. 👍
Not just make the stuff, but goes through the science, engineering.. manufacturing principles involved. The education that an intellectual audience enjoys, more then just making the “stuff”.
I can't believe you've been on UA-cam for 8 years and I've never seen a single video. I think I've learned more about making cider in 37 minutes than I have watching hours of other content.
This dude is such an engineer I love it. He probably got tired of stupid bureaucracies and said, "screw this im gonna get paid to make cool s#!^". This is one of the few channels where I can watch an entire 30 - 60 minute video and stay glued to the screen the entire time.
With the ever increasing authoritarian left's universal vaccination mandate fetishes and creeping woke gender and sexuality obsessed dictates now vitiating both university campuses AND in private industry, I can tell you there are many, MANY of us who are feeling that same 'tiredness'! So maybe we'll have a renaissance of even more new cool channels like this in a couple years!
@@scooter325 You can roll your eyes all you wish, it doesn't constitute an actual argument; which I also cannot help noticing seems to be a trend for people with this vapid response.
Do you have a washing machine? Congrats, you do have a centrifuge. What he secretly means is that he does not trust you to use it appropriately. (Ouch.)
37:12 "Wasze zdrowie!" - to hear Polish from such a distinguished channel "across the pond" explains why Poland just loves you. So... Wasze zdrowie, Panowie!! 🤩
I would say this toast phrase is typical for Slavic languages. I'm Russian and this surprised me a lot too. Really love this channel for its detailed but simple explanations of natural sciences processes.
Unbelievable video (as per usual). I'd like to specifically say I appreciate the complete lack of gaudy intro, lack of super-intrusive music, and lack of non-pertinent info. Very, very thorough and straightforward.
After 10 mins of confusion about why you're making cider from cider, I've discovered that what we (in the UK) call "natural pressed apple juice", you call cider and what we call cider, you call hard cider! You learn something every day. Great video, very informative.
In the stores here in Australia, we generally have Apple Juice, Apple Cider, Alcoholic Cider, and Hard Cider. Apple Juice is plain juice, which might be fresh pressed, pasteurized, filtered or whatever - but it's juice. Apple Cider in bottles and cans from the supermarket is carbonated Apple Juice. Alcoholic Cider from the liquor store would be about 5% Alcohol, basically the same strength as full strength beer. Hard Cider is double or triple fermented to get the alcohol content up, typically 8 to 10%. The amount of alcohol affects the tax added. Since our Hard Cider is almost double the alcohol but not double the price, I would consider it is "much better _piss value_ ". LOL
@@johncoops6897 In Uk we get Cider....what you call Alcoholic Cider, and then the fun stuff SCRUMPY which is usually only available from certain lacal farms in the South West of england and its 100% apple mashed up with the bits of twigs, dead dogs and ferret spit, and only sold by the Gallon at about £6 and makes you mad..haha..its great.
@@bigmarc1008 And proper scrumpy is served from the bucket which you lower your glass into to fill it with a mixture of potent cider, bits of apple, twigs, and insects.
For the local cider around here all you have to do is leave a gallon in the back of your fridge for a month or so. Comes out delicious and bitingly carbonated. We've also made harder apple jack from it by freeze distillation. Neat trick with the bentonite!
Thanks! Crack the cap a tiny bit to reduce the chance of rupturing the thin plastic jug. I considered discussing apple jack because it's so easy. The downside is the concentration of the methanol along with the ethanol and flavor.
Yes, I was going to mention that with no foreshots, you're stuck with the methanol. I did a batch last year using DADY which was incredibly dry, but still good. After being in the fridge for about a week, it had gone bad and I started to get mildly sick after drinking it. Would that indicate that some contaminant had taken over after the brewing yeast died?
@@TechIngredients yeah, if I recall fermenting apple produces more methanol than any other fruit, BUT even so you would still have to drink something like 30 bottles of jack or apple wine before it did harm.
Several people have died to drinking dry ice, the ice freezes into the esophagus and suffocates the victim. It's vital that you never drink the 'smoking' drink untill the ice has totally dissolved.
Fantastic presentation, as a wine maker I find everything spot on! Not only is it educational it is also entertaining. The way you explain everything, step by step, is something that our educators in public/private sector needs to have to teach our young people (and our old people, like myself). Congratulations on an absolutely wonderful presentation and education.
I really love the way this guy talks with A little bit of sophistication. It's very refreshing in the modern day. And it reminds me of the way my mom talks. ( She's a chemistry teacher)
Concise communication is one of the hardest things to do well. But when you do something right, it looks as if no effort was needed. That is what separates the effective personalities from others.
50 years ago growing us south of Syracuse NY (apple central) some old guys around the cider house gave me this recipe. pour out and drink about 1/4 of a 1 gallon jug of fresh cider (raw, of course). Add one small box of raisins (presumably for the yeast on the raisin skins) and about 1/2 cup of brown sugar. Pop the cap back on the jug and keep it under your bed (room-ish temperature) until Thanksgiving and then move it to the cellar (cool but not freezing). It will be ready for Christmas. The cap on the jugs would hiss and make the room smell wonderful. To decant we siphoned out the clear cider from between the floating raisins and the lees at the bottom of the jug. Filtered through a cheesecloth is was a clear and bright drink. Just a hint of carbonation. Just a mild alcohol twang. In my youth I oversaw this process for years. It is a treasured memory of holiday traditions. Bonus round: Speaking aside one day the old guys told me they would make a couple wooden barrels of this for themselves. They would ferment them and then set them out in the orchard at the end of the year to let them slowly freeze. late in the winter much of the water would be frozen out and they would drill into the middle of the barrel and drain out what they called Apple Jack, a freeze fermented alcohol beverage. I (hypothetically) have done this through a more technical process but the results are worth the effort.
Such a great channel, you can tell that you really do spend a lot of time researching on each topic within the video. Perfect amount of depth within each topic as always, 40 minutes felt lite 15 minutes. Love how you combine, science with "everyday" things! I gotta say i miss the old intro song (nostalgic from your first videos) oh well, i guess your channel evolves just like science do eh! Much love from Norway!
Still amazed at the sheer quantity of quality information in these videos, not to mention clarity of presentation. You guys never fail to reignite wonder, entertain, and educate me. One thing for those at home to be aware of, always let the dry ice sublimate completely before drinking. If that stuff touches your insides it can be bad.
Thanks for the tip regarding the use of food grade bentonite clay as a clarifying agent. I make my own fruit vinegars and used the clay to clarify a batch of apple cider vinegar: it worked beautifully!
It's amazing how a nostalgic scent can transport you in time. Whether it's something deeply personal like your grandfather's cologne, or something universally beloved like the inside of a very clean limestone cave.
Simply one of the greatest channels on UA-cam, amazing explanations, selfless education for the general public, what a privilege it is to be able to watch your videos sir. Many many thanks!
This is by far my favorite channel on YT. This man is so in depth and concise about everything he posts. I greatly appreciate all the hard work you and your* team do to share information with the world! Thank you and Happy Halloween!
As always MP (or should I say MPski, dziękuję bardzo), you show up with cider at a propitious moment. I spent years thinking of how to create a desiccant cooling system, oh you made one. I subscribed and found you had created a good colored smoke. Now not a few weeks ago my coworker got me interested in wine and cider making, and Ope here you are brewing a batch. This is awesome.
yes meade! I am supposing that it would be nearly identical? You would need to water down the honey some to bring the sugar content low enough and to ensure distribution of the yeast?
@@mriguy3202 yes it must be water down some with clean non chlorinated water. I try to hit 1.090 for a little extra kick. I use my own honey from my beehives and it makes the difference. Stuff you get from the store is garbage.
The simplest cider method is just to put a grain of yeast in the juice bottle and put the cap back on. It's ready in a month. The bottles here have a foam insert in the lids, which allows the gas to escape before it explodes, while still carbonating well. Everyone has said it tastes good.
This trick with clay is super useful. Thank you. This will come in very handy when I make my signature MORS drink, because fresh concentrated berry juices is a nightmare to filter and i just gave up with that. Until now.
Nice process. The old farmer that taught me said to fill a sturdy jug with a robust cap , put it in the center of his corn silo. Fill the silo for the season. When the cows have eaten all the corn the cider is ready. It was real good too..
I tend to put the carboy in the fridge for a couple days before siphoning, the yeast settles quite well. I'll definitely be looking into using a pot instead though, that seems like a real top tip.
I'm surprised you didn't mention anything about temperature. I tried basically this same process, similar type of mud-brown raw cider (although mine started at 1.059 so I didn't add any sugar), added nutrient, fermented in glass demijohn under airlock in a 'hot water cupboard' as we call it here. Ambient temperature in the cupboard was about 21C but since then I've been experimenting with wireless temperature monitors which show the liquid itself can get much warmer, especially in the first few days. So I'm suspecting mine could have been up to 26C for that run. I tried the SafCider you have, and also a Belgian ale yeast. Both cleared up extremely well by just being left for a month or so. Unfortunately they were both pretty much undrinkable due to what I think was fusel alcohol content, which apparently is caused by too high temperature during the ferment. There was a core taste that was pretty good, but it was overwhelmingly covered by a chemical taste that reminded me of some kind of cleaning solvent. Somehow I was able to down a half-glass of each over two successive evenings but they gave me a weird uneasy feeling and ever so slight headache at the base of my head. The third night I gave up because it almost felt like the headache was coming on immediately even as I started sipping. A third batch that was done with a loosely placed tupperware lid as inspired by one of your previous videos not using airlocks was oxidized to hell and tasted like moldy cardboard, so I will be using airlocks exclusively from here on. I will try this again sometime but I'll make sure the temperature is more reasonable. The juice is cheap enough that I really want to come up with a good recipe eventually. btw the four batches I referred to in my previous comment are all kits, that have worked out very well in large plastic buckets with airlocks, sitting on heat pads controlled by an arduino-like system to keep the temperature within about 0.5C of a target (18-21C).
True facts, hard cider used to just be called cider. I'd drink more if there was more cider like this. Maybe I need to start brewing again. Love what you guys do! I'm excited for more plasma series stuff if it happens 👍
Fun corrolary to that - apples don't grow true from seed, so all those trees are good for is making cider. Which meant that Johnny Appleseed (who was a real person) was going around getting everybody drunk.
@@rosonowski That, and just claiming a ton of land by "farming" it. He was a total nomadic hippy, though, and was infamous for basically sponging off the locals until he wore out his welcome, and they'd kick him out. Weird dude.
You Sir are the Science Guy that needs to be televised for the younger generations. Thank you for producing content that is informative but also a pleasure to consume.
I went to a local cider fest and bought three gallons the last three gallons they had lols. Made some cider with these apples (Washington state) used Lavlin EC-1118 yeast. Added pectin enzyme yeast starter dap.. Added cinnamon, cloves. O.G. 1.052 also added 1# brown sugar per gallon. Ferment dry to 0.095 carbonate and enjoy. Would like to meet you sometime somewhere. Do you do any educational conference’s.? Maybe a great platform to spring your craft from. Could do multiple seminars with your family covering multiple topics.. Would be fun for everyone also a tax deductible vacation. Do it! I use a hopper bottom ss container for fermenter they are the best in my opinion. Brew tech is the brand.
I am from Hesse, Germany. Cider, or we call it "Apfelwein", is our heritage. We do have in fact pricy restaurants around here which serve apple champagne (referring to the method do get champagne). Always appreciate your work! The agglomeration and the brownsche movement and Riboflavin trick: fantastic!
Now this is the content I needed for my Friday night! Love everything you guys are doing. Thank you for the highly entertaining, accessible, and educational content.
You are the best teacher I have ever seen or have the pleasure to listen to. I cannot believe how many videos of yours are over 40 minutes long and I stay GLUED to the screen. You have such an amazing talent for presenting information and experiments, and giving such wonderful details.
You're channel is the best! Just what I wanted to learn ! Thank you ☺️ is it okay to drink the cider without filtering it with the last step you showed?
I love how this man is measuring granules of sugar to get exactly 1.61 specific gravity and then when it comes time to multiply by the ratio he goes "eh, about 55 would be good enough." lol Loved the video, well done, keep up the strong work! На здоровье
As a Pole I am impressed by your toast, your knowledge, the content of your channel and your ability to popularise practical knowledge! Due to your expertise in alcohol production I wonder if your ancestors are not from Poland? :D It is a great pleasure to watch your videos and I hope for even more! Twoje zdrowie! :D
If it's clear and yellow you've got juice there fella, If it's tangy and brown you're in cider town! Now there's two exceptions and it gets kinda tricky here adirondack cider can be yellow if you're using late season apples, and of course in canada the whole things flip-flopped. Oh my I better get you some cider!
I live in Oregon, and everything is cider. Soft cider, hard cider, angry cider, green, red, yellow, blueberry, pear. They once tried to cider citrus fruit...you be the judge.
For our apple juice and ciders we used specific 25L narrow neck glass bottles that come in a nice wooden frame for stacking and carrying them around. They are very common around here and are called T/S-Bottles. I guess the main advantage of them is that they have a valve at the bottom, and a special top rubber seal where you stick and air filter inside once you want to drink from that bottle. You will not get any spores or contamination inside, once you have pasturized the juice and sealed the bottle. So you can drink from that large bottle for weeks, without having mold growing or getting sour juice. We only used a mixture of apples, pears and a few quits and did not add anything else except heat for pasturization. When i was a kid, we made over 1000L of pasturized apple juice each year for the family and the farm workers that helped out in harvesting season.
There are myriad ways to do everything presented in this video. For example clarifying the product can be achieved by transferring to another container, waiting a few days and, drawing off the top again. No kitty litter necessary. This is just one way to do it that works for him. You can experiment to find what works for you. When I first got into the hobby I found a lot of "you must do it this way" but I found I had a lot more fun when I worked with what i was comfortable with. I'm not saying Main Presenter is doing anything wrong actually quite the opposite. I just want to point out this is just one way of many. Also very impressed Main Presenter got it so clear without pectinase enzyme.
I never used bentonite to make cider clear, before. Great! And those drops of vitamin B2 is a nice party trick :-) I usually make hard cider on pears. Same old receipt I done many times. By some reason the yeast died out too early. So the final product ended up too sweet to be pleasant to drink (at mark 20 on the hydrometer). I never had that problem before. I am a bit puzzled what actually caused this problem. I made a second batch with a much stronger yeast. Got a much more quicker fermentation, but still end up with same result. Maybe someone on the channel know what is most likely to caused the problem. * The pears contained much more sugar for the yeast to convert? * Not enough yeast-nutrient? * or something else
@@TechIngredients hey can your speaker building technique be applied to building a speaker system to rival A Richard Long sound system?..he built the Garage Disco system back in the day..
I love brewing/distilling as a hobby. They are tons of youtubers who do this type of stuff on they're channels and I dont watch any of them. However,your projects never fail to grab my attention and even though I'm great at what I do,you never fail to teach me some very valuable stuff, so thanks alot and keep at it
Hey, can you look into LED, as in their REAL world Efficiency & test cheap vs branded? As of now you have mastery over making many types of test jig can you try your hand at Photometry Integrating Sphere U man not get pro-level accuracy but I am dame sure U can make an epic low-cost Integrating Sphere which should help determine the efficiency factors & watts per lumine. I don't think you will be looking at telescope anytime soon but a man can hope 😊
Entertaining and informative, as ever. I make cider from the apples in our garden. With a short secondary fermentation in bottles, it doesn't need fining, if it's poured carefully, the sediment (mostly) stays in the bottle. I don't mind cloudy cider. A useful tip for the siphon is to take a glass tube and bend the tip in a Bunsen flame, so that it ends up looking like a 'J'. Push the plastic tube on to the long limb. If the short limb is about 1" long, you can put the whole length of the siphon in the vessel until it touches the bottom. The end of the tube will be drawing in liquid from above the sediment, not trying to suck the sediment upwards, like a pool cleaner.
I have known how to ferment and make alcohol for years. I spent a lot of time in college reading about it, and I’ve seen a ton of UA-cam videos then explain the process, step by step-but I have never seen anybody do that amazing trick with whatever that food grade kitty litter stuff is. The dry ice is a nice touch for a party, but I would probably use my own CO2 carbonation set up I already have at home for making up a large batch, for bottling. However, that riboflavin business is another fancy new thing that I never would’ve known about. So, my hats off to you sir, your meticulous attention to detail appears quite delicious, and I hope to try it someday!
I love your diversity in science subjects. As a novice brewer I love how the yeast makes a tornado fermentation in a glass carboy. Its just neat how it takes off and you can see it. They are harder to clean but its just neat! I had a 7 gal glass acid carboy break in my hands one night while I was cleaning it. keep up the cool subjects. thank you.
I love starsan! I homebrew and love it. Glass carboys aren’t that bad, I have slings for them and the brushes. I do have a 10 gallon fermenter but that is a chore to clean. I do use carboys for lagers basically because it fits in my converted chest freezer that I put a PID on to properly regulate the temperature. I made cider but now a local farm to me makes cider and we collabed with my homebrew group. They have commercial equipment and a pro brewer so I can punch above my limit and play with commercial equipment and make and end product that can get to distribution with my clubs logo on it. We do the same for large homebrew conventions with a local brewery. It is a fun hobby. I appreciate and love your channel.
This man puts so much work into his videos. Thank you for that! So entertaining. I am not objectively stupid but I am certainly not knowledgeable in these topics. You convey the topic in a very informative and engaging way and I greatly appreciate that! I deliver as my current job, and I listen to your videos as I go.
I mostly followed this guide (with some adjustments for the equipment I had and for my own tastes) and it worked great! Everyone at Thanksgiving loved my cider. Thanks!
Yesterday I ordered at Amazon everything you listed on your video to make a hard cider. Friday will be a fun day. Thanks for the detailed video and instructions. I'll let you know how it worked out in 2 weeks time.
First step done: cider is fermenting. In 1-2 weeks I'll be able to get back to you on the progress. I also made a video and used checkered shirt in your homage :) ua-cam.com/video/8HvS42eDQBk/v-deo.html
@@brucelytle1144 first one was not very good... second one I controlled the temperature better and the flavor was good, but not extraordinary. Finding the best cider is the key in the process.
BRILLIANT!! Thanks again:-) I brew cider regularly (amateur since three years) from supermarket juice from concentrate with a white-Labs liquid yeast. Some call this process 'Turbo' Cider...because it's faster than including the apple pressing, as part of the process. I've learnt a bunch of great effort-saving and time-saving tips from this video, including: "Enter the bentonite!". By the way...I think that the audio effect that is overlaid on the scene transitions is ace!...it sounds like the sleeve or trouser-leg of a Gi, when a strike is thrown :-) Best Wishes from Mid Wales UK
Some folks use Sodastream machines (used to make aerated cordials at home) to aerate still wines to make quite acceptable sparkling wines. You could do the same with hard cider! Dead easy. No dry ice needed; only the pressurised CO2 from cylinders specific for these popular devices.
the proofing or "proving" of the yeast is such an important step in my opinion. So many times, I have weeded out a bad packet of yeast even though it was newly purchased.
I'm sure this level of intellect is not for the average person, but as a graduate student studying to become a pharmacist, I AM HOOKED! I can't wait to construct my own home-lab and follow along some day!
You sir are a legend. In this increasingly less sane world I really feel you are good role model. Thanks again for all your hard work you and your son do for us. That cider looks really nice, cheers man.
If the solids were poured into the vessel first, there would be no need to use the spoon. Thus, removing one potential source of contamination. Thank you for another wonderful video.
Awesome. I made hard cider a long time ago but with no real clue what I was doing. Your professionalism and knowledge are invaluable. Thank you for sharing.
We have no orchards in Florida so I just buy Martinelli's apple juice - it comes in a glass bottle that fits a fermentation lock perfectly in the mouth (or a gallon in a plastic jug). It comes pasteurized so I just pop the lid off, pour out about 2oz to give it some head space, and then add the yeast and stick the lock in the bottle. Seven days later I rack into the bottle from the previous batch (after a bleach wash) and then leave it in secondary for another week or two. Once it's done I put it in the fridge overnight to drop any remaining yeast out and clear it up, then I siphon it into old wine/liquor bottles with screw caps and date it. I've been doing this for about a year and have a batch going at any given time. Super consistent, very low effort/mess, and everyone loves it. Tastes like a smooth and semi-dry white wine but with overtones of apple, hydrometer shows about 8.5% alcohol.
Roll the bottle instead of shaking it for better control during the pouring of granular substances It increases the angle of the slope the grains are on, but doesn't increase the angle of the tube itself. Learned about it from ammo reload videos, when they're being very controlled with how much gunpowder they add to the casing.
Okay, two gallons are fermenting. I’m seven days in. Carbon dioxide production was surprisingly robust but is now starting to slow on day seven. Yes, I started on October 29th with Fleischmann’s after watching this video. Thanks for another great, fun video Doc.
Love the video and all your projects. I've been homebrewing for about 20 years and I still picked up a few tidbits. By the way, you may want to consider using a small amount (~ 3 g) of brewer's gypsum (calcium and magnesium sulfate) to add a small amount of of Ca and Mg, when you add your nutrient. The yeast also appreciates these minerals as well. Cheers!
I have a bag of bentonite at home that i never used because i had no idea how to apply it, thanks so much for the visual explanation! I have made 3 batches of sweet honey mead since 2019 and always just let them sit for weeks in a refrigerator to clear out after fermentation :) And fermentis safale US-05 is my favorite yeast ;)
I love how your chanel goes from making your own thermal paste one week to brewing cider the next. Keep up the hard work guys. Your videos are much appreciated. 👍
Not just make the stuff, but goes through the science, engineering.. manufacturing principles involved. The education that an intellectual audience enjoys, more then just making the “stuff”.
after all the hard work making DIY thermal paste they deserve to enjoy home brew
I know, it's great. All science is interesting, especially from a good teacher.
Guess you haven't seen his other brewing and distilling videos.
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I can't believe you've been on UA-cam for 8 years and I've never seen a single video. I think I've learned more about making cider in 37 minutes than I have watching hours of other content.
Thanks!
This dude is such an engineer I love it. He probably got tired of stupid bureaucracies and said, "screw this im gonna get paid to make cool s#!^". This is one of the few channels where I can watch an entire 30 - 60 minute video and stay glued to the screen the entire time.
With the ever increasing authoritarian left's universal vaccination mandate fetishes and creeping woke gender and sexuality obsessed dictates now vitiating both university campuses AND in private industry, I can tell you there are many, MANY of us who are feeling that same 'tiredness'! So maybe we'll have a renaissance of even more new cool channels like this in a couple years!
@@Muonium1 - Nailed it! Let’s go Brandon!
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JFC...🙄
@@scooter325 You can roll your eyes all you wish, it doesn't constitute an actual argument; which I also cannot help noticing seems to be a trend for people with this vapid response.
@@Muonium1 Touch Grass...
"Not everybody has a centrifuge."
You're kidding me.
Time to make it as common as a microwave.
@@timothyandrewnielsen Everyone should have a big spinny thing!
I know right, what are children spending their money on these days.
Did you know, the abacus is obsolete?!‽
Do you have a washing machine? Congrats, you do have a centrifuge. What he secretly means is that he does not trust you to use it appropriately. (Ouch.)
Yeah it's over by my mass spectrometer.
37:12 "Wasze zdrowie!" - to hear Polish from such a distinguished channel "across the pond" explains why Poland just loves you. So... Wasze zdrowie, Panowie!! 🤩
I would say this toast phrase is typical for Slavic languages. I'm Russian and this surprised me a lot too. Really love this channel for its detailed but simple explanations of natural sciences processes.
@@DIMGDV LOL! I could tell he's Polish just by looking, but I can't explain why.
@@bobweiram6321 😂 I thought to myself, _yes of course, this explains so very much..._
@@DIMGDV Slavic vibes here
Pozdrowienia z Polski :)
This is the only channel that I will happily sit for over an hour and just learn
Total dad playing hard rock while he brews glow in the dark hard cider is so satisfying.
Son, you are going to film this and enjoy doing so. Do you hear me?
What are we filming?...
Oh, I'm making alcohol again!
the black turtle neck in the end brings it all the way home lol
I might have mentioned this before. But this guy knows what he is talking about. Every time.
I love this guy……not only entertaining but it’s like having your own personal college professor talking to you….
Unbelievable video (as per usual). I'd like to specifically say I appreciate the complete lack of gaudy intro, lack of super-intrusive music, and lack of non-pertinent info. Very, very thorough and straightforward.
I was going to say that I like the new intro. Very slick and professional looking.
I concur, and have been saying this since I started watching. Thank you...
That's part of what I love about this channel.
After 10 mins of confusion about why you're making cider from cider, I've discovered that what we (in the UK) call "natural pressed apple juice", you call cider and what we call cider, you call hard cider! You learn something every day. Great video, very informative.
That had me confused also.
same here as a non native
In the stores here in Australia, we generally have Apple Juice, Apple Cider, Alcoholic Cider, and Hard Cider.
Apple Juice is plain juice, which might be fresh pressed, pasteurized, filtered or whatever - but it's juice.
Apple Cider in bottles and cans from the supermarket is carbonated Apple Juice.
Alcoholic Cider from the liquor store would be about 5% Alcohol, basically the same strength as full strength beer.
Hard Cider is double or triple fermented to get the alcohol content up, typically 8 to 10%.
The amount of alcohol affects the tax added. Since our Hard Cider is almost double the alcohol but not double the price, I would consider it is "much better _piss value_ ". LOL
@@johncoops6897 In Uk we get Cider....what you call Alcoholic Cider, and then the fun stuff SCRUMPY which is usually only available from certain lacal farms in the South West of england and its 100% apple mashed up with the bits of twigs, dead dogs and ferret spit, and only sold by the Gallon at about £6 and makes you mad..haha..its great.
@@bigmarc1008 And proper scrumpy is served from the bucket which you lower your glass into to fill it with a mixture of potent cider, bits of apple, twigs, and insects.
3:38: Motts - "this isn't horrible... but it's close" 💀 🤣
For the local cider around here all you have to do is leave a gallon in the back of your fridge for a month or so. Comes out delicious and bitingly carbonated. We've also made harder apple jack from it by freeze distillation. Neat trick with the bentonite!
Thanks!
Crack the cap a tiny bit to reduce the chance of rupturing the thin plastic jug.
I considered discussing apple jack because it's so easy. The downside is the concentration of the methanol along with the ethanol and flavor.
Yes, I was going to mention that with no foreshots, you're stuck with the methanol.
I did a batch last year using DADY which was incredibly dry, but still good. After being in the fridge for about a week, it had gone bad and I started to get mildly sick after drinking it. Would that indicate that some contaminant had taken over after the brewing yeast died?
@@TechIngredients yeah, if I recall fermenting apple produces more methanol than any other fruit, BUT even so you would still have to drink something like 30 bottles of jack or apple wine before it did harm.
Several people have died to drinking dry ice, the ice freezes into the esophagus and suffocates the victim. It's vital that you never drink the 'smoking' drink untill the ice has totally dissolved.
You are particularly good at teaching/demonstrating this. It's important to explain "why" and you do that well.
I would love to see this channel take interest in mycology/cultivation.
I could _dig_ this!
Mycology is one of the best things that ever happened to me.
Codyslab did a little.
Fantastic presentation, as a wine maker I find everything spot on! Not only is it educational it is also entertaining. The way you explain everything, step by step, is something that our educators in public/private sector needs to have to teach our young people (and our old people, like myself). Congratulations on an absolutely wonderful presentation and education.
Thanks!
I really love the way this guy talks with A little bit of sophistication. It's very refreshing in the modern day. And it reminds me of the way my mom talks. ( She's a chemistry teacher)
Concise communication is one of the hardest things to do well. But when you do something right, it looks as if no effort was needed. That is what separates the effective personalities from others.
That's why tech ingredients is my favourite channel.
Someone has mummy issues
@@steinanderson lol if you mean having fond memories of and respecting my mom? Then sure 😆
Someone has general issues
50 years ago growing us south of Syracuse NY (apple central) some old guys around the cider house gave me this recipe. pour out and drink about 1/4 of a 1 gallon jug of fresh cider (raw, of course). Add one small box of raisins (presumably for the yeast on the raisin skins) and about 1/2 cup of brown sugar. Pop the cap back on the jug and keep it under your bed (room-ish temperature) until Thanksgiving and then move it to the cellar (cool but not freezing). It will be ready for Christmas.
The cap on the jugs would hiss and make the room smell wonderful. To decant we siphoned out the clear cider from between the floating raisins and the lees at the bottom of the jug. Filtered through a cheesecloth is was a clear and bright drink. Just a hint of carbonation. Just a mild alcohol twang.
In my youth I oversaw this process for years. It is a treasured memory of holiday traditions.
Bonus round: Speaking aside one day the old guys told me they would make a couple wooden barrels of this for themselves. They would ferment them and then set them out in the orchard at the end of the year to let them slowly freeze. late in the winter much of the water would be frozen out and they would drill into the middle of the barrel and drain out what they called Apple Jack, a freeze fermented alcohol beverage. I (hypothetically) have done this through a more technical process but the results are worth the effort.
Such a great channel, you can tell that you really do spend a lot of time researching on each topic within the video.
Perfect amount of depth within each topic as always, 40 minutes felt lite 15 minutes.
Love how you combine, science with "everyday" things!
I gotta say i miss the old intro song (nostalgic from your first videos)
oh well, i guess your channel evolves just like science do eh!
Much love from Norway!
You're right. I didn't realise until I read your comment how long this video was. It was completely engaging.
Sir, I am still recommending that filtering technique to people. You amazed me with it, and I think is a little-known secret in the filtering world.
Still amazed at the sheer quantity of quality information in these videos, not to mention clarity of presentation. You guys never fail to reignite wonder, entertain, and educate me.
One thing for those at home to be aware of, always let the dry ice sublimate completely before drinking. If that stuff touches your insides it can be bad.
Thanks for the tip regarding the use of food grade bentonite clay as a clarifying agent. I make my own fruit vinegars and used the clay to clarify a batch of apple cider vinegar: it worked beautifully!
It's amazing how a nostalgic scent can transport you in time. Whether it's something deeply personal like your grandfather's cologne, or something universally beloved like the inside of a very clean limestone cave.
Simply one of the greatest channels on UA-cam, amazing explanations, selfless education for the general public, what a privilege it is to be able to watch your videos sir. Many many thanks!
This is by far my favorite channel on YT. This man is so in depth and concise about everything he posts.
I greatly appreciate all the hard work you and your* team do to share information with the world!
Thank you and Happy Halloween!
One of the coolest channels I know.
As always MP (or should I say MPski, dziękuję bardzo), you show up with cider at a propitious moment. I spent years thinking of how to create a desiccant cooling system, oh you made one. I subscribed and found you had created a good colored smoke. Now not a few weeks ago my coworker got me interested in wine and cider making, and Ope here you are brewing a batch. This is awesome.
Can you do Mead next? I've been wanting to make some for years, and your instructional brewing videos are the best I've seen.
yes meade! I am supposing that it would be nearly identical? You would need to water down the honey some to bring the sugar content low enough and to ensure distribution of the yeast?
@@mriguy3202 yes it must be water down some with clean non chlorinated water. I try to hit 1.090 for a little extra kick. I use my own honey from my beehives and it makes the difference. Stuff you get from the store is garbage.
The simplest cider method is just to put a grain of yeast in the juice bottle and put the cap back on. It's ready in a month. The bottles here have a foam insert in the lids, which allows the gas to escape before it explodes, while still carbonating well. Everyone has said it tastes good.
My Dad tells a story about how my Grandfather blew the door off of their refrigerator doing that. I'm guessing he didn't have the foam inserts.
The difference is putting the cap on and tighten in the cap, you still want gasses to escape.
@@Kettletrigger That sounds possibly embellished, but a fun story none-the-less.
@@wobblysauce The apple juice containers in Aus have no issues with over-pressuring
This trick with clay is super useful. Thank you. This will come in very handy when I make my signature MORS drink, because fresh concentrated berry juices is a nightmare to filter and i just gave up with that. Until now.
So much information in a comparatively short video. Absolutely excellent!
Nice process. The old farmer that taught me said to fill a sturdy jug with a robust cap , put it in the center of his corn silo. Fill the silo for the season. When the cows have eaten all the corn the cider is ready. It was real good too..
Heck yeah! Now this is what we needed!
I tend to put the carboy in the fridge for a couple days before siphoning, the yeast settles quite well.
I'll definitely be looking into using a pot instead though, that seems like a real top tip.
Thanks to being inspired by your rum and distilling videos a while ago, I'm making my 4th batch of homebrew cider and beer right now :)
I'm surprised you didn't mention anything about temperature. I tried basically this same process, similar type of mud-brown raw cider (although mine started at 1.059 so I didn't add any sugar), added nutrient, fermented in glass demijohn under airlock in a 'hot water cupboard' as we call it here. Ambient temperature in the cupboard was about 21C but since then I've been experimenting with wireless temperature monitors which show the liquid itself can get much warmer, especially in the first few days. So I'm suspecting mine could have been up to 26C for that run. I tried the SafCider you have, and also a Belgian ale yeast. Both cleared up extremely well by just being left for a month or so. Unfortunately they were both pretty much undrinkable due to what I think was fusel alcohol content, which apparently is caused by too high temperature during the ferment. There was a core taste that was pretty good, but it was overwhelmingly covered by a chemical taste that reminded me of some kind of cleaning solvent. Somehow I was able to down a half-glass of each over two successive evenings but they gave me a weird uneasy feeling and ever so slight headache at the base of my head. The third night I gave up because it almost felt like the headache was coming on immediately even as I started sipping. A third batch that was done with a loosely placed tupperware lid as inspired by one of your previous videos not using airlocks was oxidized to hell and tasted like moldy cardboard, so I will be using airlocks exclusively from here on.
I will try this again sometime but I'll make sure the temperature is more reasonable. The juice is cheap enough that I really want to come up with a good recipe eventually.
btw the four batches I referred to in my previous comment are all kits, that have worked out very well in large plastic buckets with airlocks, sitting on heat pads controlled by an arduino-like system to keep the temperature within about 0.5C of a target (18-21C).
You are the kind of science teacher I wish I had growing up. Great video and topic.
True facts, hard cider used to just be called cider. I'd drink more if there was more cider like this. Maybe I need to start brewing again.
Love what you guys do! I'm excited for more plasma series stuff if it happens 👍
Fun corrolary to that - apples don't grow true from seed, so all those trees are good for is making cider. Which meant that Johnny Appleseed (who was a real person) was going around getting everybody drunk.
I've never heard it called "hard cider" until today. It's just cider in NZ.
I think calling it hard cider is a U.S. thing.
@@rosonowski That, and just claiming a ton of land by "farming" it. He was a total nomadic hippy, though, and was infamous for basically sponging off the locals until he wore out his welcome, and they'd kick him out. Weird dude.
@@TonyRule Same in the UK, cider is alcoholic, otherwise it's an apple juice / squash. But I heard it before, seems the US (and probably Canada) thing
You Sir are the Science Guy that needs to be televised for the younger generations. Thank you for producing content that is informative but also a pleasure to consume.
Thanks!
I went to a local cider fest and bought three gallons the last three gallons they had lols. Made some cider with these apples (Washington state) used Lavlin EC-1118 yeast. Added pectin enzyme yeast starter dap.. Added cinnamon, cloves. O.G. 1.052 also added 1# brown sugar per gallon. Ferment dry to 0.095 carbonate and enjoy. Would like to meet you sometime somewhere. Do you do any educational conference’s.? Maybe a great platform to spring your craft from. Could do multiple seminars with your family covering multiple topics.. Would be fun for everyone also a tax deductible vacation. Do it! I use a hopper bottom ss container for fermenter they are the best in my opinion. Brew tech is the brand.
I am from Hesse, Germany. Cider, or we call it "Apfelwein", is our heritage. We do have in fact pricy restaurants around here which serve apple champagne (referring to the method do get champagne). Always appreciate your work! The agglomeration and the brownsche movement and Riboflavin trick: fantastic!
Now this is the content I needed for my Friday night! Love everything you guys are doing. Thank you for the highly entertaining, accessible, and educational content.
Physics to Chemistry to Home Brews! Love your channel
This will be interesting!
38 minute mark edit: It was! Now begins my quest to find real apple cider.
You are the best teacher I have ever seen or have the pleasure to listen to. I cannot believe how many videos of yours are over 40 minutes long and I stay GLUED to the screen. You have such an amazing talent for presenting information and experiments, and giving such wonderful details.
Thanks!
Favorite drink of mine from favorite youtuber. Does it get better? Don’t think so.
I've been brewing a while and never thought to ferment in my kettle. Good idea.
You're channel is the best! Just what I wanted to learn ! Thank you ☺️ is it okay to drink the cider without filtering it with the last step you showed?
Sure.
I love how this man is measuring granules of sugar to get exactly 1.61 specific gravity and then when it comes time to multiply by the ratio he goes "eh, about 55 would be good enough." lol Loved the video, well done, keep up the strong work! На здоровье
As a Pole I am impressed by your toast, your knowledge, the content of your channel and your ability to popularise practical knowledge! Due to your expertise in alcohol production I wonder if your ancestors are not from Poland? :D It is a great pleasure to watch your videos and I hope for even more! Twoje zdrowie! :D
This is so good.. Each video is better that the last. I hope this channel never dies.
For some reason it’s been a while since I’ve watched but I’m back for the hooch episode. I’ve got some catching up to do!
this guy is a great role model, cool, professional, and also fun.
If it's clear and yellow you've got juice there fella, If it's tangy and brown you're in cider town! Now there's two exceptions and it gets kinda tricky here adirondack cider can be yellow if you're using late season apples, and of course in canada the whole things flip-flopped. Oh my I better get you some cider!
I live in Oregon, and everything is cider. Soft cider, hard cider, angry cider, green, red, yellow, blueberry, pear. They once tried to cider citrus fruit...you be the judge.
For our apple juice and ciders we used specific 25L narrow neck glass bottles that come in a nice wooden frame for stacking and carrying them around. They are very common around here and are called T/S-Bottles. I guess the main advantage of them is that they have a valve at the bottom, and a special top rubber seal where you stick and air filter inside once you want to drink from that bottle. You will not get any spores or contamination inside, once you have pasturized the juice and sealed the bottle. So you can drink from that large bottle for weeks, without having mold growing or getting sour juice. We only used a mixture of apples, pears and a few quits and did not add anything else except heat for pasturization. When i was a kid, we made over 1000L of pasturized apple juice each year for the family and the farm workers that helped out in harvesting season.
Great video, really learned a lot, but...
What's the alcohol content?
Also ferment temp and best storage techniques for finished product?
There are myriad ways to do everything presented in this video. For example clarifying the product can be achieved by transferring to another container, waiting a few days and, drawing off the top again. No kitty litter necessary. This is just one way to do it that works for him. You can experiment to find what works for you. When I first got into the hobby I found a lot of "you must do it this way" but I found I had a lot more fun when I worked with what i was comfortable with. I'm not saying Main Presenter is doing anything wrong actually quite the opposite. I just want to point out this is just one way of many.
Also very impressed Main Presenter got it so clear without pectinase enzyme.
Awesome thumbnail!
Also your cameraman is fantastic. I love the focused ad hoc shots!
I never used bentonite to make cider clear, before. Great!
And those drops of vitamin B2 is a nice party trick :-)
I usually make hard cider on pears. Same old receipt I done many times.
By some reason the yeast died out too early. So the final product ended up too sweet to be pleasant to drink (at mark 20 on the hydrometer).
I never had that problem before. I am a bit puzzled what actually caused this problem.
I made a second batch with a much stronger yeast. Got a much more quicker fermentation, but still end up with same result.
Maybe someone on the channel know what is most likely to caused the problem.
* The pears contained much more sugar for the yeast to convert?
* Not enough yeast-nutrient?
* or something else
Make sure to proof your yeast and use a yeast designed for brewing, they tolerate much higher alcohol concentrations.
@@TechIngredients hey can your speaker building technique be applied to building a speaker system to rival A Richard Long sound system?..he built the Garage Disco system back in the day..
I love brewing/distilling as a hobby. They are tons of youtubers who do this type of stuff on they're channels and I dont watch any of them. However,your projects never fail to grab my attention and even though I'm great at what I do,you never fail to teach me some very valuable stuff, so thanks alot and keep at it
Thanks!
Will do.
He pulled a Martha Stewart when he got the second pot out.
Or technology connections
Time flies when we are watching your videos. Such qualitative content it is incredible. Thank you
Hey, can you look into LED, as in their REAL world Efficiency & test cheap vs branded? As of now you have mastery over making many types of test jig can you try your hand at Photometry Integrating Sphere U man not get pro-level accuracy but I am dame sure U can make an epic low-cost Integrating Sphere which should help determine the efficiency factors & watts per lumine.
I don't think you will be looking at telescope anytime soon but a man can hope 😊
Seriously one of the best channels on UA-cam.
Entertaining and informative, as ever. I make cider from the apples in our garden. With a short secondary fermentation in bottles, it doesn't need fining, if it's poured carefully, the sediment (mostly) stays in the bottle. I don't mind cloudy cider.
A useful tip for the siphon is to take a glass tube and bend the tip in a Bunsen flame, so that it ends up looking like a 'J'. Push the plastic tube on to the long limb. If the short limb is about 1" long, you can put the whole length of the siphon in the vessel until it touches the bottom. The end of the tube will be drawing in liquid from above the sediment, not trying to suck the sediment upwards, like a pool cleaner.
Good idea.
I have known how to ferment and make alcohol for years. I spent a lot of time in college reading about it, and I’ve seen a ton of UA-cam videos then explain the process, step by step-but I have never seen anybody do that amazing trick with whatever that food grade kitty litter stuff is. The dry ice is a nice touch for a party, but I would probably use my own CO2 carbonation set up I already have at home for making up a large batch, for bottling. However, that riboflavin business is another fancy new thing that I never would’ve known about. So, my hats off to you sir, your meticulous attention to detail appears quite delicious, and I hope to try it someday!
I love your diversity in science subjects. As a novice brewer I love how the yeast makes a tornado fermentation in a glass carboy. Its just neat how it takes off and you can see it. They are harder to clean but its just neat! I had a 7 gal glass acid carboy break in my hands one night while I was cleaning it. keep up the cool subjects. thank you.
"I'm not sure what kind of apples they use in here, I'm not sure they do."
Truer words Brother.
I like your channel's originality, and the mix of applied science with fundamental-science explanations.
I love starsan! I homebrew and love it. Glass carboys aren’t that bad, I have slings for them and the brushes. I do have a 10 gallon fermenter but that is a chore to clean. I do use carboys for lagers basically because it fits in my converted chest freezer that I put a PID on to properly regulate the temperature. I made cider but now a local farm to me makes cider and we collabed with my homebrew group. They have commercial equipment and a pro brewer so I can punch above my limit and play with commercial equipment and make and end product that can get to distribution with my clubs logo on it. We do the same for large homebrew conventions with a local brewery. It is a fun hobby. I appreciate and love your channel.
This man puts so much work into his videos. Thank you for that! So entertaining. I am not objectively stupid but I am certainly not knowledgeable in these topics. You convey the topic in a very informative and engaging way and I greatly appreciate that! I deliver as my current job, and I listen to your videos as I go.
Thank you!
I love how simple this process is compared to other brewing endeavors
I mostly followed this guide (with some adjustments for the equipment I had and for my own tastes) and it worked great! Everyone at Thanksgiving loved my cider. Thanks!
Yesterday I ordered at Amazon everything you listed on your video to make a hard cider. Friday will be a fun day. Thanks for the detailed video and instructions. I'll let you know how it worked out in 2 weeks time.
First step done: cider is fermenting. In 1-2 weeks I'll be able to get back to you on the progress. I also made a video and used checkered shirt in your homage :) ua-cam.com/video/8HvS42eDQBk/v-deo.html
@@HoloCoCos so how did it go?
@@brucelytle1144 first one was not very good... second one I controlled the temperature better and the flavor was good, but not extraordinary. Finding the best cider is the key in the process.
I don't know if I ever going to brew my own cider but it is so entertaining to watch. Fantastic content as always
BRILLIANT!! Thanks again:-)
I brew cider regularly (amateur since three years) from supermarket juice from concentrate with a white-Labs liquid yeast. Some call this process 'Turbo' Cider...because it's faster than including the apple pressing, as part of the process. I've learnt a bunch of great effort-saving and time-saving tips from this video, including: "Enter the bentonite!". By the way...I think that the audio effect that is overlaid on the scene transitions is ace!...it sounds like the sleeve or trouser-leg of a Gi, when a strike is thrown :-)
Best Wishes from Mid Wales UK
So. Frick'n. Cool. !!! This channel NEVER disappoints.
This channel is the most diverse in content I’ve seen I love it 🥰
You knowledge will always impress me. I shall try to make this cider.
I home brew and had never thought of using dry ice to carbonate the mead just before serving. So much simpler then what I've tried. Thank you!
Some folks use Sodastream machines (used to make aerated cordials at home) to aerate still wines to make quite acceptable sparkling wines. You could do the same with hard cider! Dead easy. No dry ice needed; only the pressurised CO2 from cylinders specific for these popular devices.
the proofing or "proving" of the yeast is such an important step in my opinion. So many times, I have weeded out a bad packet of yeast even though it was newly purchased.
You provide an infinitely diverse wealth of knowledge to all who watch. I greatly appreciate your time, effort and teaching spirit!
I really like this channel.
Wish I had a father like you. Life would be amazing with all the experiments.
I'm sure this level of intellect is not for the average person, but as a graduate student studying to become a pharmacist, I AM HOOKED! I can't wait to construct my own home-lab and follow along some day!
I disagree, I think the vast majority of people can understand these principles when they are presented properly.
Education is fun and knowledge is powerful. Thanks for the great content
You sir are a legend. In this increasingly less sane world I really feel you are good role model. Thanks again for all your hard work you and your son do for us. That cider looks really nice, cheers man.
If the solids were poured into the vessel first, there would be no need to use the spoon. Thus, removing one potential source of contamination.
Thank you for another wonderful video.
I've been making cider for several years, but I learned a ton from this. Awesome! I really enjoy the content. Thanks!
Thank you!
Awesome. I made hard cider a long time ago but with no real clue what I was doing. Your professionalism and knowledge are invaluable. Thank you for sharing.
The audio was much better today. Thanks!
This channel deserves so much more views! The absolute best quality and education In every video. Thank you for all your time and effort.
We have no orchards in Florida so I just buy Martinelli's apple juice - it comes in a glass bottle that fits a fermentation lock perfectly in the mouth (or a gallon in a plastic jug). It comes pasteurized so I just pop the lid off, pour out about 2oz to give it some head space, and then add the yeast and stick the lock in the bottle. Seven days later I rack into the bottle from the previous batch (after a bleach wash) and then leave it in secondary for another week or two. Once it's done I put it in the fridge overnight to drop any remaining yeast out and clear it up, then I siphon it into old wine/liquor bottles with screw caps and date it.
I've been doing this for about a year and have a batch going at any given time. Super consistent, very low effort/mess, and everyone loves it. Tastes like a smooth and semi-dry white wine but with overtones of apple, hydrometer shows about 8.5% alcohol.
What a great edit. The hits just keep on comin'...
Roll the bottle instead of shaking it for better control during the pouring of granular substances It increases the angle of the slope the grains are on, but doesn't increase the angle of the tube itself. Learned about it from ammo reload videos, when they're being very controlled with how much gunpowder they add to the casing.
The taste of drinks turns super funky when you add dry-ice.
Okay, two gallons are fermenting. I’m seven days in. Carbon dioxide production was surprisingly robust but is now starting to slow on day seven. Yes, I started on October 29th with Fleischmann’s after watching this video. Thanks for another great, fun video Doc.
Good luck!
Love the video and all your projects. I've been homebrewing for about 20 years and I still picked up a few tidbits. By the way, you may want to consider using a small amount (~ 3 g) of brewer's gypsum (calcium and magnesium sulfate) to add a small amount of of Ca and Mg, when you add your nutrient. The yeast also appreciates these minerals as well. Cheers!
Thank you for creating these videos. I greatly enjoyed this one.
No matter what you do there's always something magical about your videos🎃
I have a bag of bentonite at home that i never used because i had no idea how to apply it, thanks so much for the visual explanation!
I have made 3 batches of sweet honey mead since 2019 and always just let them sit for weeks in a refrigerator to clear out after fermentation :)
And fermentis safale US-05 is my favorite yeast ;)