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sashurlow, Thanks! Your link to making concentrate for ice cider looks interesting. I am going to have to try that.

check these: http://www.pickyourown.org/AZ.htm I don't know if any press juice.

I am a newbie to hard cider making and have been playing around with flavors for the last 6 months or so. This forum has been a great help in my experiments. When I saw this technique I thought it might be interesting to see if anyone has has tried it and could comment...

I did this with a batch earlier this summer using ripe champagne mangoes. My notes say I used a scant 2 cups of mango chunks in 1 gallon. It was okay, but the flavor wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Next time I'll try mango jam or frozen concentrate instead.

Way cool! I was thinking about planting a few apple trees myself (Central AZ). Now is the time to get them in the ground.

I have been making hopped cider for summer and fall. I dry hop cascade pellets at a rate of 1 level tablespoon per gallon. A 1oz. package is good for about 5 gal. I usually dry hop in the primary to smooth it out. I usually don't let the hops stay longer than a week.

I am still playing with it. Right now I have been using about 1 tablespoon +/- of ground coffee in a gallon batch. It's enough to get a hint of coffee in the aroma, but you can't really taste it. I think a very strong, freshly brewed cup of coffee (think Starbucks) might bring it out a little...

I have land in S AZ and have been researching types of fruit that could be grown there. I found the following link. http://westernfarmpress.com/orchard-crops/first-red-tart-cherry-planting-takes-root-arizona?page=1 They [Omena Organic] might sell locally at a farmer's market near there...

I would like to make a "hot" cider for some friends who think scotch bonnets are candy. Do you use dried, smoked, roasted or fresh chilis?

I am new to cider making. My list isn't very long. So far I have tried the following add-ins with good results. piloncillo oscura (unrefined dark sugar) coffee fresh mango with apple-mango concentrate in the secondary liquid smoke cascade hops

I am a novice cider maker and have made about 6-7 gallons (1 gal batches) so far. I'm playing around with ingredients, yeasts and levels of sweetness. The store brands are way too sweet for my tastes. So I decided to make a batch of hopped cider for my DH as an experiment last month. Simple...

FWIW my brew spot is around 75F this time of year so I do the following to keep the temps down: Put a wet t-shirt over the carboy and put a fan on it. Place the fan so that the carboy-t-shirt combo gets just a slight breeze. That will keep it cool. Make sure the t-shirt stays damp. If you can...

Interesting. I did a little checking. I didn't know that some mead recipes supplement naturally occurring sulfites with a little extra. I don't recall ever doing that. Regardless, I don't think it's worth the expense to test it. It's just a shame it's no good.

Hi, I quit brewing beer back in the early 90s. I just didn't have the time. Now I am thinking about getting back into it again. I'll be looking at mead and GF beers. This forum looks like a good place to start for both. Anyway, I have a mead question. Background: A few years back my...