DontDrinkAndDrum
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....anyone got a recipe for one?
brewman ! said:Why would we start with trying dextrose when the Strongbow label tells us it has "Glucose Syrup" in it ?
And I know all about Apfelwien. I have a carboy full of it right next to me.
Strongbow is different than Apfelwien and the traditional ciders.
"So now we'll just have to find the magic blend of Apple Juice, Corn Syrup and sugar that makes a good strongbow clone.."
I suspect that water and sugar are added to the fermented product from apple juice and corn sugar.
It shouldn't take too much experimenting to arrive at something that tastes similar.
Merged,Mirilis said:I dont really know a lot about making Ciders but I have been wanting to make a Strongbows clone but have been unable to make anything like it . Does anyone know a good recipe I can use to make something similar?
Is that 5 gallons of pastuerized apple juice that you buy at the grocery store?Schlenkerla said:For a start I'd try just using;This is a standard English cider recipe from "Brewing for Dummies".
- 5 - galllons of apple juice
- (.05 ~1lb) of dextrose
- 1 - Nottinghams yeast
- 2 - tsp of yeast nutrients.
BTW - Ed's AW w/ 2lbs of dextrose and carbed w/ 5oz of dextrose is dry.
OK, I've got a can of Strongbow in front of me. The ingredients are listed right on the can.
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Ingredients: fermented apple juice & glucose syrup, water, sugar, carbon dioxide,
acid: E270, E330, antioxidant: E224(sulphites).
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That is way more information we get from other beers. MY gf and I compared Strongbow to my well aged Apfelwein. There are some similarities. Strongbow is stronger and drier/crisper.
Notice the "glucose sugar" ingredient. I suspect that strongbow has less apple juice than Apfelwein and more water/sugar, ie "glucose syrup". Once its fermented, they must stabilize it with potassium sorbate and then dilute it with water and carbonate it. We should be able to reverse engineer and clone it.
OK, I've got a can of Strongbow in front of me. The ingredients are listed right on the can.
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Ingredients: fermented apple juice & glucose syrup, water, sugar, carbon dioxide,
acid: E270, E330, antioxidant: E224(sulphites).
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This is a standard English cider recipe from "Brewing for Dummies".
if you want it dry use chamagne yeast
i mean it has to be ferment apple juice. kill yeast. back sweeten with apple juice concentrate (to get apple flavor back) and add some acid to make it a bit more tart and possibly tannin for more body?
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