Thanks. The kit comes with concentrated juice.Never used a cider kit; cider is just apple juice, nutrient and yeast so don't know why you would use water. If it's apple juice concentrate I'd use campden for tap water if your water has chlorine or chloramines. Or you could use store bought spring water.
Thanks. I will just buy some spring or distilled water to be safe. Will probably taste better too.I don't know the answer to this, but what about distilled water or 5-stage Reverse Osmosis water? Seems like those would be safe options too w/out campden.
I did. Thanks.Yeast need trace minerals, which are not present in distilled water. So if you want to buy water, get some spring water.
I would just to kill anything that was in there plus it helps get rid of the chlorine in the waterDoing a Brewers best cider house kit. If I use tap water do I need to use a campden tablet? Crush it up into a cup of hot water to dissolve, then put in my fermenter with the juice and water? Thanks.
That’s solved by adding the right nutrients more so than worrying about tap water chemistry. Enzymes for the mash do prefer certain salts in the water but it seems a little bit less important for cider and country wine as long as nutrients are addedYeast need trace minerals, which are not present in distilled water. So if you want to buy water, get some spring water.
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