Help with hard cider!

[Darklordenron]

Hello i am looking for some advice . I am in the proses of making a 5gal batch of cider . the juice is store bought 100% juice and is fomenting fine . i want to add oak chips for flavor and i was wondering is i should boil them or put them in whiskery or bourbon for the best flavor? thanks

Oak chips and the like are more fitted to wine if I'm not mistaken. I'm not certain how that would turn out, but if you really wanted to, boil them for ten minutes and then add some to the secondary for more flavor extraction. Hard liquor might upset the apple flavor which is why you're making cider instead of..wine?

 

[Gremlyn]

It's not uncommon to aged cider with oak, happens a lot in England (aged in barrels). Whether you do it with the chips soaked in liquor or not is dependent on your taste...

 

[bkwing]

Oak chips and the like are more fitted to wine if I'm not mistaken. I'm not certain how that would turn out, but if you really wanted to, boil them for ten minutes and then add some to the secondary for more flavor extraction. Hard liquor might upset the apple flavor which is why you're making cider instead of..wine?

Oak chips work perfectly well with cider. Unless you have a barrel sitting around, oak chips/cubes/spirals are the only way to recreate a really good New England cider....which are awesome.

 

[Darklordenron]

Oh, sweet. This may have sparked an idea for my next batch..

 

[grumpy121]

thank you to all the posters found them helpful thanks again grumpy