Apple / Grape Cider

[jawats]

All,

I recently started a cider with 4.5 gallons apple cider (from Costco - no preservatives, seasonal...good stuff) and .5 gallon grape juice by Paul Newman (also de Costco).

I sprinkled a packet of Cider House Select Cider yeast.

OG - 1.060

I suspect the grape won't leave enough of a flavor to make the taste different. Any thoughts on the grape, or the recipe overall?

--J.

 

[MarkKF]

I've done the same but with cran or pom and it made a difference.

 

[jawats]

Did you like the result? That term, "difference," does not imply a good outcome, automatically.

I've done the same but with cran or pom and it made a difference.

 

[MarkKF]

I like the cran. Pom not so much. Grape sounds interesting. Let us know how it turns out.

 

[jawats]

I will do so. My thinking was that grape / apple blends can be quite good, so I decided to try the same...fermented.

 

[Skylark]

I really enjoyed the cider I made with grape/apple: I put 1 gal ****ty storebought juice with one 12oz can of Welch's frozen grape 'cocktail'. I used Cote des Blanc yeast, and brewed right in the plastic jug that the juice came it. I put the whole thing in the fridge after a week, added some campden & sorbate, and bottled chilled to keep the carbonation in. Turned out fabulous.

 

[MindenMan]

For next batch(es), try apple white grape, peach white grape apple. There are some really tasty combos of ciders at the end of fermentation available. I like to freeze my hard cider into applejack, and get flavors that are just amazing. If you are going to freeze concentrate your hard ciders; a little of the brandy flavor the grapes give off mixed with just apple is nice to drink.Other great combos are apple-peach, apple-apricot,apple-cranberry. There are so many juice combos to try to make at home, the garage would only be able to park 1 car now instead of the previous 2.