Can you really make alcohol out of apple juice?

Question

Is it possible.. and if so, how? & make it as simple as possible, please!

Answer 1

Just let the apple juice ferment or something.  

Answer 2

you can make alcohol out of anything with sugar... its called cider or applejack. wine is made out of grape juice..

Answer 3

Yes.  It is absolutely possible and very easy.  One way to do it is purchase apples, press the apples, and let the the natural yeast on the apple skins ferment the beer.  (You should use a mix of sweet and sour apples.)  You aren't guaranteed to get a delicious hard cider (fermented cider) using this method, but it works.

A better way is to buy the apples (again mix of sweet and sour), press, and then pasteurize the juice.  You can do this by heating the cider to 170F for about 15 minutes, or by adding camden (sulfite) tablets, to kill off wild yeast and bacteria.  Then add a good cider or ale yeast to ferment.  

If pressing the apples isn't an option.  Just buy some unpasteurized cider from your local cider mill (availability of unpasteurized cider varies by state - some states have regulations that all cider is pasteurized.)  Let the cider sit in the gallon jug and it will eventually ferment.  You will need to open the cap occasionally to let out CO2 that develops during the fermentation process.

Hard cider is delicious and refreshing.  Enjoy making it yourself!  If you would like to try hard cider before going through the pains of making it yourself, Woodchuck and Hornsby are two very easy to find commercial versions of this beverage!

Answer 4

Sure. I would suggest getting pasteurized juice (cider is better) or treating it with metabisulfite tablets. Your local homebrew shop will carry them, along with a yeast specifically bred to produce good cider. If you don't kill the micro-organisms before you start, you run the risk of having nasty bacteria eating the sugar in the juice. The results are unpleasant to (rarely) fatal.

Answer 5

Well... The way they make it in prison is with juice, crushed fruit, sugar, and yeast. Mix it all together and stick it in a plastic trash bag and then put it under your bed for a few days or a couple weeks. It's called Pruno.

I wouldn't suggest it, but it gets you drunk as s***. It can also make you really sick. I wouldn't really mess around with homemade alcohol.

Answer 6

Yes. It is called cider.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/scrumpy/cid...

Answer 7

Called "apple jack" or "hard cider" the other person answering is a dork.  

to make...

squeeze apples.

DO NOT PASTURIZE

Either add yeast or let it ferment naturally.

keep in mind that if you ferment ALL the sugars out it will taste "hotter" than if you don't.

theres a lot more but i am buzzed. its actually really easy. you eed a burper to let air out but not in to your container. oh yeah patience. not the kind doctors see. but the other