Apple Beer

Does this make sense?

3lbs Pilsen DME
1 LB 10Lovi
4 Ounces Choc
1.5 oz Saaz (1 oz at 30 Min .5 at 1 Min)

The grains are for steeping, a little color and minor fermentable extraction. The boil will start with 3 Gallons water.

When cooled add the following into fermenter with Wort
2 Cans Apple Juice Concentrate
Top off with Apple Juice.

Wyeast German Ale Yeast

Really going for more of an Apple Beer / Cider.

Brandon O's Graff (Malty, slightly hopped cider)

Yup makes perfect sense to me

OK, now that brings questions.

The 2 cans concentrate, do you think that will be too much?

Also I use much more hops, as well as more DME. I notice he states careful not to use too much hops, but do you think with the extra fermentables I will be OK?

I purposfully went with a more mild hop, really low alpha acid to keep it smooth, but does this still sound like too much?

Myself, if I wanted to make an apple beer and not a graff or a malty cider, I would just throw chunks of a strong flavored apple like Braeburn into a secondary and forgo the concentrate. It really depends how much of a beer character you want. Too much apple and you will have a pronounced acidity, which will muddle the beer character.

Yan said:

Myself, if I wanted to make an apple beer and not a graff or a malty cider, I would just throw chunks of a strong flavored apple like Braeburn into a secondary and forgo the concentrate. It really depends how much of a beer character you want. Too much apple and you will have a pronounced acidity, which will muddle the beer character.

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Noted, thanks for the input. I may just use one can, and see how that turns out. I just don't want the apple to get lost in the other flavors either.

nanofreak said:

I just don't want the apple to get lost in the other flavors either.

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You may want to stick with two cans, then. Apple flavor becomes very subdued when apple ferments. My apfelwein only semi-kinda tasted like apples for the first 2 months and didn't really get apple-y until the following month and even then it wasn't pronounced.

I wish I had this warning sooner, but oh well. I tried to keep everything else on the mild side, I used one can, and 3 gallons of juice when all was said and done. I am excited to taste the results.