Anybody done one? I've seen a few videos on the youtubes about them and decided to give it a go. Just a 5l batch from cloudy juice, dry hopped in secondary with 25g Galaxy hops. To describe it in 3 words, Bitter, Sharp, Dry. I've done a few ciders before and they have benefited greatly from aging in the bottle for a few months, but I'm not sure about this lot. Have I over done the hops? Anyone tried one and liked it? Got a recipe?
Cider Murder ;D
Consider a hop tea of your favourite hops and adding in small doses to your fav cider.
I'd have thought cider would be sharp enough without the addition of hops - wouldn't fancy it myself, but each to their own. Bottled 4 gallons of last year's batch yesterday - tastes nice, and, due to a dearth of falling down stuff in the shed at the moment, I suspect some of this won't get much of a chance to condition. Ah well...
Well, still got about 9 bottles of it so I'll see how age tames it.
I like the sound of that! Can you do the same with elderflowers, lavender and so on, similar to a country wine?
Apart, of course, from the fact that apples and elderflowers aren't ripe at the same time.
They freeze ok :)
Quote from: Tom on June 01, 2013, 01:06:47 PM
Apart, of course, from the fact that apples and elderflowers aren't ripe at the same time.
See my post about E'F syrup
Ah, of course. Cheers.
Just an update, tasted one of these tonight and it's really different. Fruity and a slight sweetness, but still quite dry. I'll give it a few more months but it's definitely looking like a goer.
Having a few more tonight on ice and its bang on for this weather. Still sharp but very morish. Highly recommended!