Hopped cider

[Steveruch]

Who makes hopped cider? What variety of hops? How much?

 

[fluketamer]

i made a good one by pouring AJ onto a yeast cake from a west coast pilsner using 34/70 that was dry hopped with 3 ounces of citra/mosaic. the hop flavor was subltle but present. i imagine the hops gave up most of there flavor to the pilsner but it still worked.

 

[Chalkyt]

I made some batches of hopped cider a few years ago using both Galaxy and Citra hop pellets. The "takeaway" from this was that you have to taste, taste, taste every day then take the hops out when the flavour is right as it is taken up very quickly. Roughly 3g/L of hop pellets for 3 - 7 days near the end of fermentation is about right. Hops float and can be a pest unless they are in a weighted bag which you can jiggle periodically.

 

[doublejef]

My go to is Citra, 5g/l, 4 days at room temp (±20°C) and then 2 or 3 days cold crash (1-3°C) and then bottling.
I do it when the cider is 100% ready, after fermentation and aging.