I made 3 gallons of Maple Syrup Cider. I'm going to carbonate 2.5 gallons of it. I come up with about 4.5 oz of Maple Syrup to get about 3 volumes CO2. Am I on the right track?
Reporting back... I ended up using about 9 ounces by weight of Grade B Syrup (3/4 cup). Carbed up nicely.
Aye. Well I went for it and after looking at several recipes I put 2 lbs of real maple in secondary. It's going to be rather alcoholic...I'm going to need a tertiary fermentation I think.
I'll let you know how it turns out...
I never had much luck getting a lot of maple flavor in anything I brewed and the syrup itself is so expensive I found the results to be rather disappointing cost vs. actual flavor achieved. I know a lot of us do it yourself type homebrewers are going to poo poo this but the best way to get a nice maple flavor is using maple extract. I used 2 oz when bottling a brown I did earlier this year and I was really happy with the results. I found the extract at a Meijers. Flavor was better than when I used even grade B maple syrup. Save the syrup for pancakes IMHO.
5 gallon batch?
Yeah, the flavor wasn't real in your face but it was stronger than when I put 32oz of grade B in the secondary. You could always add more or less to taste. I feel like there's a lot more control over the flavor and way cheaper with extract is all.
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