Holiday Cider

[ScottUV]

Does anyone have a recipe for a 'holiday' cider? I'm hoping to make it soon and let it age until around Christmas time. I'm thinking apple juice concentrate, cinnamon, clove, mulling spices, that type of thing... Any ideas/suggestions/recipes?

 

[brett]

Do some searches on wassail.

Here's a recipe for wassail cider: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f81/wassail-cider-35792/

Here's something you may find interesting: Home Brewing Beer Podcast and DVD - December 21, 2007 - Fruitcake

 

[ScottUV]

Just made a 5 gallon batch of Holiday Apple Cider:

10 Cans Apple Juice Concentrate (5 gallons worth)
5 cinnamon sticks
6 cloves
2 oranges (zest only)
1 30oz can of easy pumpkin pie mix (pre-spiced pumpkin)
1 16oz can of apple pie mix
1/4 pound of honey

Made with sweet mead yeast. Pitched the yeast last night and airlock activity is fairly slow right now. I'll keep you posted

 

[Freezeblade]

5 gallons worth of concentrate is actually about 12.5 cans, as it takes 2.5 cans of your standard concentrate to get a gallon, the resulting must to 1.050, the usual SG of apple juice.

 

[toularat]

scottUV - have you made this recipe before, and if so how would you describe it?

 

[ScottUV]

I haven't made this but if the smell from the airlock is any indicator, it will be very tasty. I used the larger size apple juice concentrate cans, not the standard size. It takes 2 cans to make a standard gallon of apple juice. Sorry for the misunderstanding.