Chocolate Raspberry Cider

[Peterschroder]

Made this one on October 2nd, kegged it tonight.

2lb of US Chocolate malt, boiled in 2.5 gallon water ( OG 1.018), let sit till cooled down to around 75F
2 gallon Apple juice
1 gallon light Cranberry/ Raspberry juice
1 can frozen cranberry/ raspberry lemonade
1 can frozen apple/ raspberry lemonade
2lb table sugar
Safale 05 yeast

Into secondary after 10 days, bottle/ keg 16 days later

Tastes awesome already, will be doing more like these in the future

Oh, ABV came out to be 5.8% on this one

 

[Peterschroder]

Not sure why the smiley face showed up but OG should have been 1.018.

 

[Peterschroder]

Great...just keep replying to myself..,
Final OG was 1.049
Final gravity was 1.004

Now I am done....

 

[kstone803]

Great...just keep replying to myself..,
Final OG was 1.049
Final gravity was 1.004

Now I am done....

Lol. You may be talking to yourself but I am following this thread. So how does it taste so far?

 

[bferullo]

Made this one on October 2nd, kegged it tonight.

2lb of US Chocolate malt, boiled in 2.5 gallon water

You "boiled" the malt? Do you mean steeped? Adding to boiling water, wouldn't that extract nasty flavors? I am just speculating.

 

[Peterschroder]

To answer both questions at the same time;
Yes, steeped, basically started a beer without finishing it....
2 gallon, let it cool and use that with the other cider ingredients, no boiling needed at all when the grains are gone
Now, in the flavor; it is different, that is for sure. A cider with a somewhat grainy taste, but absolutely still raspberry. Some people got coffee (?) from it, but my wife and I truly get the chocolate flavors. It is carbonating very well and I will be bottling a case in about 2 weeks.