adding juice concentrate to dry cider

[sashurlow]

I thought I would post this as a reference for other people. I had three gallons aging in a secondary for 2 months. Its my goal to bump up the specific gravity so I can bottle pasteurize. I added one can of concentrate to my bottling bucket and got 2.5 gallons from the brew. The specific gravity when from 1.0 to 1.07. I was hoping it would go higher but such is life. I've read about people curious how much concentrate will increase the gravity, so I thought I would post my results. I think I'm going to bottle it tomorrow and pasteurize it when it get bubbly.
scott

 

[ThunderPanda]

Did you mean that you went from 1.000 to 1.007? Because that sounds a lot more accurate... I usually do three gallons at a time, And I think if I added 3 cans of concentrate at the beginning it would only raise my gravity by about .03.. Going from 1.0 to 1.07 would be like going from something incredibly dry to something so sweet it would be difficult to drink

 

[sashurlow]

Yup, wrong numbers. Thanks for the correction.