I've achieved the the 12%ABV cider by using all apple juice with added sugar and using Red Star Cotes des Blancs dry wine yeast. It gets very dry and is more of a dry apple-wine than what one normally thinks of a cider.
Thanks for the cider forum suggestion. I'm new here and don't know if you...
Ever since a lot of my friends have jumped onto the gluten-free train I've been thinking about a recipe idea for a hopped cider that is more beer-like.
My general idea is to make 2.5 gallons of dry cider, hopefully around 12% ABV and then to make 2.5 gallons of what I am calling a 'hop tea'...