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Only my third ever brew and thought I would attempt a Apple Pear Cider to 
thank my wife for her ongoing support of my hobby  ;)

My research consisted of a fair bit of reading on this forum and there were 
plenty of great tips and ideas. Thanks all.

Aiming for a "rustic" style cider rather than soda pop drink. So my recipe was 
as follows:

- 6L Coles Apple Juice

- 3L Bickfords Cloudy Pear Juice

- 2 lemons

- 3 green tea bags

- 2 cinnamon sticks

- 100g LME

- 60ml leatherwood honey

- 10g yeast (left over from beer kits)

1) combined the zest from 2 lemons, honey, crushed cinnamon sticks and liquid 
from brewed green tea and simmered in saucepan for 20 mins.

2) added LME and simmered a further 10 mins

3) added to fermenter along with the bottled juice and juice of 2 lemons

4) rehydrated and pitched the yeast at 24 degrees

Smells fantastic and after 48 hours is showing plenty of surface activity in 
the fermenter. Now to play the waiting game. Feel free to fire any feedback at 
me as I'm brand new at this!

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