While living in England for many years I developed a special love for hard cider. The Sunday lunchtime activities at the local pub were always dear to my heart. With every wonderful memory of the old days spent at the pub, there was a glass of lovely cider present to wash down our scotch eggs and pork pies. I had never thought of making hard cider myself in a home setting until I saw this awesome hard cider video tutorial by CS Brews on Youtube. This video tutorial absolutely blew my mind because CS Brews makes this delicious hard cider in the actual bottle that it was purchased in at the store! His method of putting this project together was literally, just a few very simple steps.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 gallon of 100% pure apple juice (room temperature)
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon dry yeast (hydrated with apple juice for 10 minutes)
• An airlock top (you can use a balloon with holes poked in it)
• A funnel
• A rubber stopper

Directions:

First, you will pour off about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of your store-bought apple juice to make room for the expansion when you add the other ingredients. Then place the funnel in the top of your apple juice bottle, then add the sugar and yeast, (that has been standing for at least 10 minutes).

Then, you place your rubber stopper and airlock top on the juice bottle, then store in a cool dark place for about 2 weeks and you will have homemade hard cider. It is really that easy! 

This hard cider recipe is going to be just the thing to soothe my nerves and help me remember the good times.

How To Make Hard Cider From Store-Bought Apple Juice