Hard Apple Cider

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 gallon apple cider
• 1 lb honey
• 1 teaspoon yeast

Recipe

• 1 other items you'll need: stock pot, stirring spoon, 1 gallon glass jug, rubber stopper with hole for airlock (available from your local home-brew shop), airlock (also available from your local home-brew shop), enough bottles to hold one gallon of your cider (screw top bottles that have already held carbonated beverages are ideal.).
• 2 pour about half of the cider into the stock pot and heat to 80°.
• 3 stir in honey and continue to stir until honey is completely dissolved.
• 4 remove from heat.
• 5 cool the cider to 75°.
• 6 funnel warm cider into 1 gallon glass jug.
• 7 add enough of remaining cider to fill jug (with 3 or 4 inches of space left at the top.).
• 8 add yeast.
• 9 place stopper and airlock on jug.
• 10 let the jug rest in a cool dark place for approximately a week.
• 11 fill screw top bottles with cider, then let sit for 2 or 3 more days in that same cool dark spot.
• 12 refrigerate and drink!