The Elderflower Sparkle (5.8% Botanical Cider) 🍏🌸

In this Lab Sheet, we break down the "Elderflower Sparkle"—a crisp, 5.8% ABV cider that uses a simple supermarket base to achieve craft-brewery results. By shunting Aldi Apple & Elderflower juice with a precise sugar addition and using professional Mangrove Jack’s M02 yeast, we’ve created a protocol that protects those volatile floral aromatics while delivering a clean, dry finish.

Inside this Lab Sheet:

⚡ The 5-Day Protocol: From pitch to force-carbonation in under a week.

⚖️ The Sugar Shunt: Calculating the 70g boost to hit a perfect 1.044 OG.

🧪 Aroma Retention: Why M02 yeast is the secret weapon for botanical brews.

📐 Full Scaling Table: Measurements for 1L, 2L, 4.5L, 23L, and a Pinter 3 (5.7L) batch.

If you want a cider that tastes like a summer garden rather than a lab experiment, this is the one.