new cider

[evil.freddie]

Hello all following my post about chocolate I've tryed making a cider(I do enjoy my cider) with chocolate

So I came up with this. Sorry I can't remember all the weights for everything


Chocolate Orange cider(hopefully)

2 ltrs of apple juice
1 ltr of Orange juice
2 lemons
10 drops of chocolate extract
Malic acid
Pectolase
Yeast nutrient
Cider yeast
And I work it out so that with the suger in the juices to be about 1.2 kg in total

Its aging at the moment and I tryed a bit tastes nice but young it has come out a bit on the strong side at 10.6%
But here's hoping that in august I'm going to have a nice strong cider to drink for my missis bday
Thanks all

 

[hedgerow pete]

if you want to add orange taste to a wine i would have used orange zest ( the orange skin bit, no white pith) as it carries a million times more orange oils and flavour