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Dry cider I and my friend made last year, about 10 months in bottles. It is just apples and yeasts.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is because I start with apples, then have it pressed from local cider maker - for clear cider you need to add enzymes and clean it with bentonite.

If you start with store bought juice it will be clear. (Plastering and filters get rid off these residues)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Feels like this would have more body, too, right? I'd imagine that pectin would make it a bit chewy?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

When I asked about it in the "cidery" they told me that it is mainly visual and not flavour/taste difference.

Mine taste similar to theirs but is more yeasty - I do my secondary fermentation in bottles.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The mouthfeel really doesn't change regardless of how hazy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Huh. TIL. Thought it'd be like in beer where you get body from longer chains of sugars, unfermented.