Cherry Cider Info - Page 2

Ninkasi70 · 01-30-2012, 06:00 AM

LiquidAvalon -

I made cherry cider last year.

After cold crashing, I racked to secondary, at that time I added sweetened, dried, tart (Montmorency) cherries that you can get at Costco – it's the Kirkland brand. I used 4 packages for 5 gallons, so if you do this again in the future you could probably get by with one package.

I let the cider sit in secondary for about a month (I was out of town, it's possible it didn't need to sit that long). It had a great flavor and a great color. I highly recommend giving this a try.

liquidavalon · 01-30-2012, 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Ninkasi70

LiquidAvalon -

I made cherry cider last year.

After cold crashing, I racked to secondary, at that time I added sweetened, dried, tart (Montmorency) cherries that you can get at Costco – it's the Kirkland brand. I used 4 packages for 5 gallons, so if you do this again in the future you could probably get by with one package.

I let the cider sit in secondary for about a month (I was out of town, it's possible it didn't need to sit that long). It had a great flavor and a great color. I highly recommend giving this a try.

Great info. I will have to try that...thanks!

Edit: Would this same process be used to make cherry mead?

Ninkasi70 · 01-30-2012, 06:14 AM

I've never made mead, so I can't tell you. Sorry.

It was basically the equivalent of tossing 4 big bags of raisins (that happened to be cherries instead) into secondary, putting the airlock back on, shoving it back into its hidey hole and checking back in a month.

It was actually the best cider I've made to date.

liquidavalon · 01-30-2012, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Ninkasi70

It was actually the best cider I've made to date.

Well, it sounds good to me. Thanks again.