1/2 gallon 100% apple juice or cider
16.9 oz water
1/3 Cup sugar
1 gallon bottle
A pinch of Champaign yeast
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Boil water add sugar stir to dissolve allow to cool and add to gallon bottle. Add juice and a pinch of yeast, seriously a pinch, a little goes a long way and you won't be needing more for a while.
Put the lid on the bottle and back it off enough that any gasses produced by the yeast eating the sugar can escape and keep on a cool (45-75F) and dark location.
After 7, 12, 14, 21+ days remove 1/2 gallon, carefully, do not shake or stir, you don't want the sediment from the bottom it tastes bad

but above the bottom inch or so is the good stuff. Many use a siphon hose.
Replace the half gallon with fresh juice. Repeat every week or every other week, just depends on how strong you want it. A nice 7-10 day is 4-6%, alcohol but a 10-12% 2 week ferment is very nice. And the fact all you're doing is removing and replacing apple juice.
You can buy all the fancy measuring instruments and a car-boy with an airlock but you just don't need them unless you want to know the alcohol percentage.
Use apple juice or other juices to mix with the fermented juice for a sweeter cider and less alcohol % or leave dry, bottle in old 16.9 oz water bottles, loose lid in the fridge until cold and crisp. You choose. Pretty awesome
Grape juice cider is my absolute favorite. About double or triple the cost but well worth it.
It really is easy and in another month or two I'll start a cider thread when I start up again.