Honey Cinnamon Apple Cider (Gallon)

Current Phase

Bottling & Resting

Started Feb 24, 2026

77%

44 / 57 days

Primary fermentation started

Starting! First time brewing

Combining all ingredients minus honey and cinnamon stick. Make sure to agitate the juice before adding yeast and nutrient.

SafCider TF-6 · 5.0-g

Fermaid O · 1.0-oz

Fermentation has begun!

Starting to clear up, lees is settling at the bottom.

Lees is fairly settled and cloudy cider

Secondary fermentation started

Racking day! Letting it settle for a few days

Racking day! nice and clear Cider! Strong crisp apple smell

Let it breathe a little and used a paddle help get any remaining fermentation smell out

Backsweetened with 8 ounces of honey and then added cinnamon stick that will be removed in 3-4 days

Backsweetened with 8oz of Golden Blossom Premium U.S. Honey. Then added a McCormick Cinnamon Stick that will sit hwre for 3 days before I remove it from the cider

Added my sanitized keg and my honey apple cinnamon cider into the fridge at around 36-38 F to prep for kegging on the next day

Sanitized mini keg, added both Cider and the keg into the fridge to get colder in prep for kegging and carbonating tomorrow

About 3 hours later, I had to open up the co2 valve again to allow the psi to creature to 15. Seems like the Cider is absorbing it nicely.

Racked into a 1 Gallon keg, cinnamon stick removed. set psi to 15, letting it absorb the co2 for the next couple of days. After I set to 15 psi I released the pressure valve a few times to allow for the co2 to push the oxygen out of the keg. Monitoring pressure changes and ensuring it stays at 15psi for a week.

Bottling & resting started

Final rack, Kegged, and starting to force carbonate at 15psi.

Fermentation complete