muntons Autumn Gold cider and a different yeat

[Deebee]

Hi All.

Ok i am an all grain brewer but really do like adrop of cider in the summer.

I live in Norway so making a TC is very expensive and they do not have things like bramleys either which is a bummer. So i am stuck with only one kit that is available. Muntons Autumn gold.

Having made a kit before i found that the yeast made it very thin with little body. I don't have any non fermentable sugars so wondered if i could use a slightly less attenuous yeast in the kit. Something say like a sfaeale s-04 that leaves a littl sweetness being. I also wonder if i should maybe exchange some of the water for say aple juice.

It doesn't matter whether the stuff is cloudy 8 west coast ciders in the uk are) and neither does it matter if i do not carbonate it.. again many good scrumpys are flat.

thoughts please.. looking to buy this on the way home for drinking in the late summer... september time.

thanks

[CJR]

The exchange of apple juice for water is a good idea, bumping up the %age and also giving more apple flavour. The juice gives more fermentable sugar and will leave the cider with a drier taste. I would consider using a wine or champagne yeast personally. Gervin GV4 (as recommended by Pinto for his Sui-Cider) gives good results and, providing you're not trying to get into double figures on strength, should ferment out your cider wonderfully.