Two in one ciders

[Shaun-p]

If I made some cider, could I bottle half the batch with sugar to get a fizzy one and then stick some fruit in the rest and make a fruity one? Would that work? Any other options?

 

[jof]

If I made some cider, could I bottle half the batch with sugar to get a fizzy one and then stick some fruit in the rest and make a fruity one? Would that work? Any other options?

Yes, you could if you wanted.

You don't say if you are going from a kit, apple juice cartons or pressing real apples.

Usually I would put the fruit in at the start.
If you want to add fruit flavours at the end, you could experiment with something like summer fruits squash or posh cordial (depending on your budget)

 

[Shaun-p]

Yes, you could if you wanted.

You don't say if you are going from a kit, apple juice cartons or pressing real apples.

Usually I would put the fruit in at the start.
If you want to add fruit flavours at the end, you could experiment with something like summer fruits squash or posh cordial (depending on your budget)

It would probably be from real apples. Possibly real rhubarb and/or summer fruits as well.

 

[jof]

It would probably be from real apples. Possibly real rhubarb and/or summer fruits as well.

Apple & rhubarb seems a better match for country wine than a cider


If you are doing large quantities, then there are others who make cider on a bigger scale than me.

I cored & roughly chopped my apples. Then whizzed in a food processor with just a little carton apple juice.
I put the pulp in the fermenter along with campden tablets (hangover from wine making days, to sterilise any microbes & make sure I got a light coloured cider) Purists will tell you not to do this & rely on the natural yeasts.
Then I added pectolytic enzyme to clear the fruit haze.
The above is why I would put all the fruit in at the start.

After a day, added wine yeast & away it goes.
At some point I transferred it to a different fermentation vessel via a mesh bag (see beer biab) then squeezed all the juice I could out of the bag.

Wait until spring, then bottle it