Raspberry Cider with Whole Fruit and Juice
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- čas přidán 14. 01. 2023
- Let's make a raspberry cider with whole fruit raspberries and apple juice. I'm not even getting into the cider vs hard cider argument here. It's just a thing, and it's a thing we have no control over. We consider cider to be an alcoholic beverage. This one is made with raspberries.
Ingredients:
1.5 lbs (680 grams) Frozen Raspberries
1 Gallon (3.79 liters) Apple Juice
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Pinch of yeast (to aid with carbonation)
28 grams White Sugar (for carbonation)
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I had a co-worker show interest in making wine. I passed over some eqpt and supplies to get him started two days ago and sent him a link to this channel along with instructions and with my help he and is his wife got a 1 gallon batch started last night. They have been obsessively watching your channel today.
That’s awesome!
Your co-worker can really watch a lot of videos. I remember when I found the channel. And it was just a few month after they start. I thin I watch every Video.
I keep thinking it should be more complicated to make stuff. Just takes yeast and patience.
Pretty much :)
Yes it’s just so easy. The yeast do all the stressfully work 😂😂
I am not a homebrewer but I still love these videos all the same. Your videos just make me happy. Keep up the great work.
Lol, nice subtle Monty Python and the Meaning of Life reference at about 13:30 :)
We try ;)
Surprised you didn't pour a little apple juice into the raspberry bag so you wouldn't lose any juice.
Thanks for sharing. This is definitely going to be my next attempt at a cider.
Even though clarity isn't a worry for me, I always figure a lil haze in the bottle can't hurt if I bottle carb cider anyway.
In case anybody is looking, I can vouch for the AWS 3000 scales. Very accurate.
Possibly the best pour cam yet! This would be an amazing brew for the summer, I think.
Nothing is better on a hot Summer day then having a chilled cider in the hand sitting in the garden or on the balcony and rest.
A spiced cider would be good for the winter I think.
Yum 😋 I made a high ABV carbonated version and wow it tasted so good I drank it like beer and next thing I knew I was rip snorted. I will make this again but I’m keeping it under 10%
Had a BB mead come out high 13% and yeah...that snuck up and rang my bell but good!
Thanks for the measurements, much appreciated will try this next, finally got my hands on pectic enzyme :-D
Dude you blew her mind with the compromise lol
Awesome upload! One of the best I have found.
I've been watching a ton of your videos and I have learned so much! Thank you, guys! I was trying to decide what to make for my first-ever brew and this sounded way too good to pass up. It's brewing now! Love the hair, Derica!
Looks so yummy! Makes me want to make some.
Happy I found your channel going to make my first mead this spring and not only is the information you guys provide great but these videos are also very entertaining to watch.
Down to my last 3 bottles of ginger beer and everything else is gone. Time to brew again! Probably past time considering whatever I brew won't be done before what I have is gone. Oh-well.
This looks like a prime candidate. Would have to break my rules and buy some frozen berries, but whatever.
I love fresh raspberries, this sounds like a winner. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
thanks for the video! it's going to be one of my next brews!
Hi first let me say I have watched this video four times, the pour cam got me. I will be making this today, I can't wait. Thank you both for what you do.
You guys make me happy. Thanks for all the wonderful educational videos!!!
Thank you!
The glass weight is genius. I just picked some up. Thanks for all your excellent tips. I just finished your Viking Blood 2020 and it is my favorite! Thanks you two!
Your channel inspired me to make wine, and now I want to make cider! This is amazing. Thank you!
I was planning to experiment with cider this year after starting with mead last year. I'm excited for your other cider vids!
Truly a work of art! I really want to make it, now, because I want some! A perfect summer drink. Also, I have one of those scales for making skin care formulations.
Love the Danny Kay "Inspector General Gypsy Drinking Song" reference.
Uhhh… what?
@@CitySteadingBrews When Derica said "...and now we drink" it is from line in the song that Danny Kay sings in the movie "The Inspector General". If you haven't seen it, I strongly recommend it.
Last week My wife said I needed a new hobby and she showed me the viking blood mead from 4 years ago and I've been hooked ever since love ya'lls sense of humor keep them coming
Cole from Oklahoma!
Made this recently and it was great. I did use 30oz of raspberries, because they came in 10 oz packages, I backsweetened with allulose to SG 1.030, and I force carbonated it. I was afraid that much allulose would make it too sweet, but I think it's about the same sweetness as a ripe raspberry. Love it. Thanks so much for sharing your recipes.
Happy to help!
I made a raspberry mead almost 20 years ago and didn't bag the raspberries. I ended up with raspberry decorations on the vaulted ceiling 15 ft up that permanently stained the paint. They had clogged up the air lock and built up a _bit_ of pressure before they removed the cork from the fermenter lid.
That Monty Python reference was on point, lol
I’m gonna try this can’t wait.
Cheers for the advice guys, so many ideas to try out now! We just started our first APA and an Apple Pie Cider! Will let you know how they come out!
Oops. I forgot to mention that there was NO water added, just juice from overripe starfruit and mangos 😁👍.
I love your channel. This raspberry cider inspired me to make use of some of my hand picked blueberries. I basically did the same thing you guys did (including the BMB) but with two pounds of blueberries and Red Star Premier Classique yeast (because it's supposedly great for dark berries). It went completely dry in 6 days! I'll get it into conditioning in a few days after I'm sure it's completely done.
I'm addicted to your tutorials for two reasons. First , you two together are hilariously adorable. Second , you are very informative and make home brewing entertaining. Okay that's three reasons. Whatever !!!! 😊
Most cheap mainstream beers have twist caps. Great content as always. About to start my first batch thats NOT going to be done in the same jug the store bought juice came in 😂😂.. grew my own grapes and raspberries to go into this wine. And my wquipment has been upgraded thanks to your guys' guidance, thank you!
Love watching you guys. Best video yet. Must try your brew. Sipping a dry black plum wine right now. From Australia. Yes you are GLOBAL
Glad you enjoy our videos!
I would love to try a bottle of that.looks and sounds amazing and I dont even drink anymore.
I made few month ago a blackberry cider with fruits I harvest just in the neighborhood. Also the apples I needed to juice. And before sorting the apples because some worms 🐛 already starts to eat
It really was delicious.
To use sweetener to backsweet is a good idea
I'm totally making this but with pear juice and frozen mango chunks, because I have pear juice and frozen mango chunks, I have 1.8kg of mango chunks and about 8 litres of pear juice, just in my pantry/freezer, I also picked up some xylitol from my local supermarket in the sugar section of the cooking aisle, it was $14 for 600g. I wont ferment under pressure but in an 11lt plastic foodsafe bucket so can't stabilise & back sweeten and force carb the bottles so I will be bottle conditioning this batch. Also I can't do hard apple cider and apple juice, it's just too acidic for me, gives me acid reflux type thing when I drink it. I like carbonated ciders and meads to be around the 1.006-1.008 range and still wines & meads between 1.010-1.020 if a dessert wine style, like my small batch blueberry wine, I added spices and back sweetened with demerara sugar and aged with a half stick of French oak.
But it just occurred to me that a friend at work asked me if I can make a hard cider for him so will be gifting him a few bottles, maybe even a 4pack! Also gotta make a hard ginger beer for my friends husband, probably will just make a mangrove Jack's hard ginger beer kit. Got a few brews planned and even a couple all grain!! Cheers 🍻🍻
You two make such amazing things, thanks so much for your time!
I wonder if you'd make a video on making a bragot or bracket style mead. Anyways, thanks again!
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Wait a second?! We got a Happy Gilmore AND a Seinfeld reference in one video. Well now you’re just spoiling us 😄😜
Mmmm delicious b-roll!
This is great I'm going to make it this week I have 1 gallon of apple juice I've been wanting to use up in a brew. Do you think some rose hips would match the flavor I have some I have been dying to use.
Hey guys I found bags at Home Depot that are great for the fermenter. They are 1 gal elastic top strainers, 2 pack in the paint dept. they are only a few bucks so you can use them and toss the mess when you are done with the ferment. they also come in 5 gal size for big brews. no more trying to clean the gunk out of the brew bags. Love watching and learning from you guys. Bob.
Are they food safe?
Ever had a raspberry cream soda that would be awesome for everyone but people like me allergic to raspberry lol
Please use a spoon or something with the sugar! I was thinking bout the kid who was sweetening Kool aid and the entire contents of the bag went in. Murphy is ruthless!
Dear Brian and Dericka, that Raspberry cider looked completely pink to me on the pour cam and I liked it a lot! Thanks for another video of the same that never gets old.
I do have a question that bothered me for a while now. When considering that the CO2 is the heavier gas and makes a blanket that excludes Oxygen, will the inverse also be true and that you will find more alcohol at the top of the liquid than at the bottom. That is before starting to fiddle with racking and such, because then it will mix through again.
I do hope you understand my ramblings and can give a kind of answer to this riddle.
Enjoy every moment of your days.
Ethanol and co2 are difficult things.
I've recently started using fizz drops for carbonation, and I love them. They take all the guesswork out of it. (my homebrew store calls them "dextrose carbonating tablets", though, how boring!)
They are just sugar tablets really.
I know, but they make it so I don't have to weigh and measure things. I just pop one in each bottle and voila! They let me be lazy!
How many sugar are in this drops?
Because a sugar cube is around 3g
I have noticed they take way longer to break down and carbonate they brew. The also will only give you one level of co2 when you might need more or less. And because they are tablets it is hard to get a exact amount of sugar and they work best with 12oz bottles only.
@@supermine291 I mostly use them for beer, and I use 18-ounce bottles, so I use 2 instead of 1. That's not difficult math
@German Brew I don't know, I didn't read the package
Looks good in colour I love ciders with fruity taste especially raspberries!! The way you used your own method bottling it was something would to tried as I usually add teaspoons of sugar in bottles and all of them didn't explode. (Well, not like I experience it anyway)
I made a same thing as you did but with thyme!
I'm not diabetic, but I have really bad trouble with diet soda. The artificial sugar in it (TMI warning) always seems to gives me diarrhea and also makes my head hurt in a "pinchy" way. It feels like almost a tickle-like pain. The tickle sensation happens anyways with wayy too much normal sugar, but happens easier with false sugar. I always avoid all diet and zero sugar things at all costs.
Since you seem to have an easier time with alluose artificial sugar, if I ever find a need to use fake sugar, that might be the thing I choose!
Edit: I have no Idea why I went on this long rant, but you can read this if you choose to:
The reason I personally might be getting these issues (maybe more than other people) is because I have a lot of weird gastrointestinal issues. There is a researched link with digestive issues and people who are neurodivergent like people with ADHD, ASD, and I wouldn't be surprised with dyslexia either. I think it is probably the high anxiety levels that people with neurodivergencies experience that causes these problems. Anxiety does so much damage to your body it's kinda weird. | I have adhd and ASD (autism spectrum disorder) |
My first mead is a raspberry mead. I am making it as a wedding present for some friends. We did a 1st FG check at 15 days and a taste test. I am having a hard time leaving it along for a week to see if the SG changes and know it's finished. I am excited for how good it tastes. Thanks for all your videos. They have been super helpful. On a side note, my D&D character got a Jug of Alchemy. The fist thing I did was find a cask to go in the back of out wagon, found wild berries and started making mead. In character. I'm a cleric. So... alcohol.
I love the TRBOS jazzy hands.🤣
Excellent job. I've been realizing that most of my friends enjoy a moderate alcoholic drink instead of something that gets you wiped.
I've just put together a starfruit Mango cider. I'm using fresh squeezed starfruit juice (yup, I got a tree 😁) in place of apple juice and mango juice (also fresh squeezed 😁😁) for a bit more sweetness. The SPGV is 1.055 all alone so, no sugar or honey, but I added campden, PE and yeast nutrient, Let it set overnight and added red star classique yeast. I think the abv should round off at about 6 to 8? It's only been a couple of days so I'll let you all know what it does in a few weeks 👍. I'm going to pick up some allulose if it needs backsweetening.
Thank you again Brian and Danica for your continued inspirational videos. You gotta do a video on the plethora of recipes you've amassed over the years 🙏👍❤️
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Great video guys …. Side question .. If I clarify the bentonite route … can I still bottle carbonate ? Or will clarifying the mead eliminate being able to bottle carbonate ?
Great video as always, and definitely keen to try this one out! Just curious if the added yeast at the end (with the carbonation sugar) added any dregs in the bottles after the fact? My first thought would be that it might, but I've not tried that before. Going to definitely give this one a go next :)
All natural carbonation adds a bit of lees in the bottle.
I hear you say how freezing your fruit breaks cell walls. I can agree with that, however my curiosity asks if you could mash the berries into the bag as well for an extra oomph???
Not really. Yeast are microscopic and can get to the sugars.
Anyone else got fooled by the breaking sound effects? 😂
I tend to play them to sleep (they’re relaxing to me) and a different video actually got me worried when I heard the breaking 😂😂
Ooh ty I got a new cider I’m making ty guys
Thank you both for the Awesome content! my wife and I discovered your channel about a month ago and have just started brewing the simple cider, we will be definitely doing this one next!
This is a great place to learn. They are the best on CZcams. They got me starting to brew 2 years ago. I watch every one of their videos. Best of luck.
I more prefers blackberry instead of raspberries. Maybe you give it a try.
Some beer bottles have a screw cap. Heineken has them for example.
As funny that you said tickled pink Boone's farm used to make a tickled pink wine and I actually really liked it being a cheap wine but it was a good wine and it was called tickled pink and they quit making
Well i might now have to take a trip to Costco and get me the beginnings of the cider.
One of the nice things about raspberries is that you don’t need much of it to flavour a beverage. It can be detrimental of you want other, milder flavours to shine through. But if you want to add a fruity flavour without having to add a lot of fresh or frozen fruit, raspberries are definitely right up there… and where I live frozen raspberries are among the cheaper options. (Note to self: use them more! LOL).
As they combine very well with chocolate I’m working on developing a recipe for a raspberry and chocolate brew. Maybe with some lactose (just a touch) added in to round of those edges.
I was thinking that perhaps that bitter note you got came from the raspberry seeds. The seeds of raspberries, blackberries and mulberries are very tannic and can be quite bitter.
Your so right. For my raspberry mead I didn’t use a lot raspberries 😂
@@GermanBrew - Looks like we haunt the same channels! 🤣
Here in the UK the screw cap carbonation bottles are more common that flip tops bottles I’ve found. We can get both easily but I’ve noticed the screw caps are more readily available. Love using them as its cheaper. Finally equipment more common here than there haha 😄
It's hard to get Allulose in Europe. It's not allowed to be sold in EU, yet. So Erythritol and artificial sweeteners are the options here. Also Erythritol water solobility is not good, I need to make it into a simple syrup before I use it to back sweeten.
Thanks for all the videos, I realy enjoy them. As a hobby bee keeper I wanted to try mead making but was terrified, thank you for giving me the courage to try. I have been brewing for 3 years now. Congrats on your raspberry cider, raspberry is one of my favorite flavors, unfortunately when fermented I find it has a tendency to have the off flavor Brian describes. 9.5 on fermented raspberry WoW. Have you ever used melter honey in a brew, if yes, what was your experience?
😂 it’s funny as a hobby Meadmaker I think about starting beekeeping or work together with a beekeeper
Excellent video! I'm a newcomer/subscriber to your channel and have been playing with hard cider for almost 3 years, pretty much experimenting with each batch. I did see a video where you talked about degassing cider (something I had not heard of) - so I investigated and found other video's that talk about degassing - did you do that for this batch? Is it necessary to de-gas hard cider or is there something to look for to determine if it is necessary? Was the mixing that you did in a couple of stages in this brew have the desired effect? have I have not noticed the "fizzing" demonstrated in a previous video in any of my batches, but I've also noticed a flat taste to them that may be CO2?
Hey guys, great stuff. What do you guys do with your fermented fruit? Compost? Cat food? Top off your morning pancakes? I always throw it out and it seems like a waste. Thanks. As always, keep up the good work.
"If I'm going to blow 1 up.. I'm gonna blow them All up"
Couple weeks ago we here in nebraska had -50 degree with wind chill then a day pr 2 later it was 40 50 ish 100 degrees in a couple days
The prince's bride references were cute. 😏😅
Its not always clear outside...
Always a chance of clouds... They alwayd seem to taste the absolute best !!
I did a cherry wine 35 days ago, it's still fermenting and it's at 1.030. Tasted great and now it looks like I have to make a Raspberry Cider .
Does it make a difference if you take a starting gravity after adding the yeast?
bit of an odd tidbit for ya about soda bottles and carbonation since you mentioned it. I do QA for a soda bottling plant and can assure you that you can screw the caps back onto the bottles and use them to hold carbonation. the ring under the cap is only there to make a visual mark that the bottle was not tampered with (its called a tamper ring). the bottles hold different amounts of pressure and I would not use soft bottle or 12oz. but if its a thicker bottle it should hold carbonation for ~32 weeks (depending on the starting amount of CO2. and if it helps, the caps should be put back on with about 10-20 lbs of torc. the reason they only hold CO2 for such a short time is that it dissipates through the plastic slowly unlike with glass.
Whole fruit seems to mask the alcohol bite I'm thinking it's the only way to Go 😉👍💯🇺🇲🍺
Id love a video of your famous fermentation station
It’s really not anything impressive: czcams.com/video/SdbptEbw1HM/video.html
I still prefer the glass gallon Publix fermenter with free apple juice.
To be honest… the Kirkland juice is way better.
@@CitySteadingBrews
Isn't it from concentrate?
Answered my own question. I'll have to try it.
Nope. Just apple juice :)
I’ve been looking for grocery stores around me that sell the fermenter with the free juice but everywhere I’ve checked only has plastic containers. I’ll have to check out the Publix by me!
Brian, this is definitely going to be the next one, once it warms up a bit. Question though, I was trying to see if yall have ever brewed a watermelon cider, but didn't see a video for it
We have not. Watermelon tends to be finicky though, as it can spoil quickly.
Hello both, really like your vids, very educational. I have 10 small jars of raspberry jam that haven't set, just raspberries, sugar and lemon juice. Could I make a wine out of it say with apples.
Yes. I believe so. I do not have a recipe prepared though.
MMMM I will have a go this week, I have an abuncndace of apples this year, how would you go around extracting the juice for this brew @@CitySteadingBrews
Question!! Im super curious. Imagine making a lets say 10% wine, but then you add 50% of the mass in berries. Wouldn't that dilute the wine and make it closer to 5-6% abv?
I really like making wine but if you ask me if I want to drink a wine or a juice... juice tastes better 😅
If you like to make wine just do it and give it to friends family and colleagues 😂.
I make a batch almost every two weeks. I don’t drink often. So most of my bottles I give away 😊
It’s a nice hobby and I like to try new recipes.
@@GermanBrew yes I give the most away :)
My wife and I recently set out to make a spiced metheglin mead. The issue we have is that we were unable to record the original gravity because the hydrometer floated up past the numbers on the meter. Any tips on what to do if that happens again? Here is what went in to this batch:
30 raisins, chopped
.3C Irish Breakfast Tea
3lbs 14oz Doug's honey
8 allspice berries
2 whole cloves
1 Indonesian cinnamon stick
.5 nut nutmeg, crushed
.5t yeast nutrient
1 packet Lalvin 71B yeast
I cant find Allspice berries anywhere, only ground up powder allspice
I've just made 5 gallons of cider which I split into two batches: one with an adjunct of berry and the other with an adjunct of blackcurrant. The untreated hard cider is 8.7%. FWIW the amount of adjunct I added was quite small at 4%. I DIDN'T want either adjunct to overpower the apple (dominant) flavor. I used Belle Saison yeast and racked THREE times (1st. was after two weeks of primary fermentation @ 1.00 after an OG of 1.066.). At bottling (FG .994) I added 4g Tanin and 5 Oz of priming sugar. I'll know how it turns out. in about 4 weeks.
Didn’t you post this already?
You inspired me. Making my first cider using this recipe. Wish me luck and I will let you know how it turns out.
Aging the cider for a few months might also smooth out the taste so the flavours meld and mellow out the bitterness so you may get your 10.
Made my first cider from your recipe turned out a bit too sweet it is fizzy and nice but I will reduce the sweetness level for next time. Overall turned out pretty nice on your rating scale I would say a 7
Thanks for the help in brewing my first cider
You’re supposed to degas them. If you want carbonation you bottle carb.
Too sweet? You sure it’s done fermenting?
Yes finished fermenting I added allulose but a bit too much
I made an apple cider and back sweetened with sugar and used it to also carbonate it. I used the 16oz swing top bottles and when I was pasteurizing it a couple of the bottles that I may have filled a little too much did 'burp'. It scared me, but all the bottles were alright. As for the raspberry cider, I think I may have to try that next. Also, I will need to try the allulose route to back sweeten.
Yeah, trying to pasteurize at just the right time is tricky.
@@CitySteadingBrews Well, last night I finally got to try that cider with the 'burping' bottles and it was fantastic. Just the right amount of sweetness and perfect carbonation. I used the one plastic bottle method to feel for carbonation. My first batch I did that way also, but I was about to go out of town so I had to pasteurize before we left and the bottles didn't really have enough time to carbonate. So having this batch properly carbonate was very exciting. I may try your method of using Allulose and sugar next time so I won't have to pasteurize. For this last one I used McCutcheon's apple cider (I got that one cause it came in the glass 1 Gal fermenter).
I'm pretty sure my first go at cider is done and I'm looking to rack in the next day or so. Question: I used quite hazy apple juice (pure of course) and the resulting cider is also quite hazy still, is this because the juice was or because I used bread yeast? Or if I decant it to another container and leave it again - will it clear?
Love your Vida, inspired me to try it all myself and having great fun!!
This is likely not because of your yeast, although if you rack you may get a bit more yeast to clear out. Apple juice tends to be cloudy because of pectin in the fruit. If you add pectic enzyme that should help clear. Normally you want to use pectic enzyme in primary fermentation (the period after you first pitched yeast), but if you add it after fermentation, then double the recommended amount for your particular brand (probably ~1tsp per gallon) and you should be good.
Haha okay I just had to pause the video and leave a comment 😂🎉
STORY TIME! Last year I bottled kombucha in my swing top bottles just like yours. I put them in a dark place and they were taking FOREVER to carbonate! After a few weeks I decided to pull them out of the cubbie in case it was too cold. At this time our baby was only about 4 months old, life was crazy ( ya know?) I sat them by the door meaning to take them outside and dump them so I can use my bottles again. There they sat… say after day…. Too busy to even notice them… zombie mode… until One frightful night… *BOOM!!!!* my partner jumped out of bed and I said oh I think that was a kombucha bottle…. We better move the rest outside. He said what’s the chances of other bottles exploding before morning ( after all, they had been sitting out for over a month now) * BOOM!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 BOOM!!!! BOOM!!!!!🎉
Three more exploded inside row!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Needless to say, I e had a lot to clean up, and I should have known better. I even individually measured my fruit juice into each bottle so it was quite interesting that four exploded within five minutes of all things.
So…. If your theory gives you peace of mind…. 💗 but, you have a more accurate way of measuring your carbonation. I knew I needed to cold crash mine but I thought my batch just failed.
screw caps for fermented brews are very common here in Australia. like, using old soft drink bottles
Nothing wrong with screw tops. We use them a lot. However, many are not made for carbonation, so check that before using them under pressure.
I learned something very interesting about Fermaid-O this morning. Evidently it is irresistible to Springer Spaniels! 🤣
My nutrient was sitting in an open box of brewing supplies under my desk and, when no one was looking this morning, my canine companion liberated it from the box and proceeded to eat most of it. This is very unusual behavior for him. My guess is that the smell was just irresistible. Back to the brew store I go.
Oh no! Have you checked with a vet to make sure there's no problems? I mean, I know it's fine to consume in small qnantities, but.... in large volumes?
@@CitySteadingBrews No problems. I checked the MSDS for Fermaid-O and made a quick call to the vet. So long as he keeps drinking his water he's fine. Under "Chemical characterization" the safety data sheet actually says "inactivated yeast".
I was more concerned with blockages and such.
@@CitySteadingBrews The vet just said to make sure he keeps drinking his water. She seemed to think it was very amusing.
Well your dog should ferment nicely lol
Question about adding yeast before bottling: I like this approach bc I've hd problems with carbonation drops not producing -- but wondered if the amount of yeast you added (and stirred) is enough to ensure carbonation across all bottles? I'd like incorporate this practice.
I use Allulose to back sweeten all of my brews it works great , It was great meeting you guys a few weeks ago At MD market love your content
Hey! If it weren’t for the traffic behind you we should’ve taken a photo! We love sharing those.
ciders can be made from all kinds of apples, sweet, cooking, crab and of course cider apples which will give way more taste . still cloudy clear and carbonated scumpy cider ,depending on were if comes from can be 10-40 % proof
According to US laws, it can be made from other fruits too.
I think Brian has had too much coffee!
Nah. This is my natural state.
Quick question when it comes to racking with a brew bag. Did you give the bag a squeeze at all to get some extra liquid out once racked? Just wondering because “every drop is sacred” and I’ll be racking next week. Awesome vids, thanks!
Squeeze but not too much. You will get some sediment and could burst the seams.
Great video! I wish I seen this sooner…..
My apple cider is tasting harsh, was wondering if I could recover it by putting raspberries in it now, to try to recovery how it tastes, and if so, then sweeten it. Is it too late to introduce raspberries to the apple cider, even after its already fermented?
Thank you
Nope, totally fine to add them now :)
really very nice and good....🤣
Zum prosit! Sehr gemutlichheit!
TRANSLATION: Cheers! Very coziness!
would love some raspberry mead
Have you ever backsweetened with Splenda? If not what is your feeling as to why not? BTW, really appreciate you two, your banter, and most of all, your recipes. Am just starting out so I am certain to screw this up occasionally, but your tips are likely to lessen those occasions I'm sure...thanks.
It will likely taste off. Splenda tends to add weird flavors.
Dam that looks tasty
Brian and Derica; Have you guys every thought about trying SafCider AB-1 for your apple based ciders? Like the ale yeasts SafAle S-04 and US-05, it's also made by Fermentis but is specifically intended for apple ciders.
We are always looking into new yeasts to try, but we have to use up what we have before we can buy more. Thanks for the recommendation!