Brek81
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I remember reading that its better to use tart apples in your cider if you can, and was wondering if adding a can of cranberry concentrate would help out at all. anyone tried this?
Cranberry in cider?
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MrInternet
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My vote is for absolutely NO cranberry in cider. I added one gallon of a cranberry/apple mix to a batch of "Graff" to try to spice things up, and it was undrinkable... WAYYY too tart, tasted like vinegar or a very sour cask ale. Bleh. It does not compliment the apples... the apples ferment out and are totally overpowered by the cranberry, which didn't appear to go anywhere at all. 
madbaldman
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I added some dried cranberries to the secondary and liked the results. Tart but good. I have some dried blueberries I'm going to try on my next cider (or maybe graff).
Brek81
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My vote is for absolutely NO cranberry in cider. I added one gallon of a cranberry/apple mix to a batch of "Graff" to try to spice things up, and it was undrinkable... WAYYY too tart, tasted like vinegar or a very sour cask ale. Bleh. It does not compliment the apples... the apples ferment out and are totally overpowered by the cranberry, which didn't appear to go anywhere at all.
did you add the cranberry pre or post ferment? (like most things I'm probably way over thinking this i should just rdwhahb)
The Sept/Oct issue of Zymurgy this year had a cider recipe that used cranberries.
Karol's Krapple: Put 2lbs of cranberries for a two-week secondary fermentation. Rack to tertiary for conditioning/clearing and bottle.
Karol's Krapple: Put 2lbs of cranberries for a two-week secondary fermentation. Rack to tertiary for conditioning/clearing and bottle.
barly_there
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cranberry is a yeast inhibitor! i was looking this up to find a way to slow down my ferment of natural yeasts... cranberry will do it
Ricketycricket
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If you add it into the secondary after stablization it is pretty good when used to backsweeten.
