In other words, should I use the extract that can be bought at an online retailer of home brewing goods or did you guys extract/concentrate your own blueberries?
Thanks guys. I'm using frozen blueberries from the grocery store. So I'll lightly mash them before adding them to secondary. I'm making a three gallon batch of cider and after primary it will be split. One gallon is going to a apple jack experiment and the reamaining two will be blueberry...
I'm considering a blueberry cider but not sure of the best way to add the berries to secondary? Should I boil them first? Should I crush, puree or leave whole? I don't think I can fit them in a nylon bag through the carboy neck? Any suggestions would be helpful.
Hello everyone. I've made a few batches of hard cider before but the last couple have left me with this weird scratchy throat/tongue/mouth very shortly after drinking it. It's been aging for about a year and I noticed a smell of dirty socks at bottling. What do you guys think? I'm not too keen...
Sounds easy enough (famous last words)! One more question and I'm sure this is a dumb question. How do you put the spice in? Does it get grated or should I just throw a couple sticks into the bottom of the bucket before bottling?