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We had an amazing blackberry season here in Squamish, BC. Not sure if the rhubarb was too woody.

Store bought apple juice with 10lbs of rhubarb or blackberries. Fermented for 2 weeks, then into secondary and topped up with juice for another 2 weeks. Bottles and planning on aging for 10months.

Started 2 batches today. 10lbs of chopped frozen rhubarb topped up with store bought apple juice. Lalvin EC-1118. Also a batch with 10lbs of frozen blackberries. I'll leave for a month, then bottle condition for 10months.

I'd love to know who makes the tart cider.nwould like to try it. I'm located near Vancouver, BC

Blackberry, lemon grass, & ginger Apple cider

Hi, I have a seriously simple and reliably fast recipe. Just juice, black tea, & yeast. To make it a bit more farmhouse-like i would have 30g of either white american or dark french oak chips for a week in secondary. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=544345

Surprisingly good. I back sweetened during bottle conditioning with a tsp/ltr of truvia. It was a little too sweet for me. I will halve the truvia next time. But really great flavour. The blueberry one was also really great with a little back sweetening.

Currently have a 5 gallon blackberry/ginger/lemongrass batch and a rose hip/maple syrup batch. I'm thinking of a Thai basil, ginger & juniper batch too.

I would love to find out more about your recipes (weights & measures) for the Juniper and the cardamon. I've brewed all sorts over but currently have a blackberry/ginger/lemongrass batch and a rose hip/maple syrup batch. I'm thinking of a sweet basil, ginger & juniper batch too. Any ideas would...

I've used an Australian hops, Helga, in pellet form. I add to the secondary for 7 days. Look for aroma hops, not bittering hops. Aroma hops have higher percentages of beta acids, while bittering hops have higher alpha acids. I've got a hopped apricot apple cider on the go. Bottling this weekend...

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Thanks for the recipe. I'm brewing an apricot hopped cider at the moment and will be adding some coriander seeds too. Also have a batch of ginger cider with coriander seeds.

I'd love to know how the apricot cider turned out. I'm making a 5 gallon batch with 1lb of dried, frozen apricots. Also 2l of apricot juice boiled down to 1 liter concentrate. I will add Helga hops to this.

How did the citra come out? I have used helga for dry hopping cider with great success.

That's what I've read too, 2oz/gallon. I just grated and froze for 24hr. I've got the ginger in the carboy at the moment. I plan on ageing 2 months before drinking. I quite like a strong ginger hit