making cider with apple juice?

[Rakez]

so Christmass is comming up and i was planning on doing a repeat of the cider i made last year, however i dont live on an apple farm, and i dont see myself buying 100$ of Apples, so can i use Apples and cut it With apple juce? i assume it would work but will the flavour of the apple juice affect the taste of the Apples? or will they just blend With eachother?

 

[dmtaylor]

I don't recommend making cider with actual apple slices because it will waste a lot of volume of your finished cider that you can never get back. I think it's better if you can juice the apples and then just ferment the juice.

If you want to give it a try, your idea seems okay. It would indeed be better to use commercial juice with the apples than just plain water or something like that.

But I still can't help but think of the ~50% wasted volume in all of the apple sludge that would be at the bottom of your fermenter.... it just seems like a mortal sin.

 

[Weezy]

Buy a juicer from a place with a liberal return policy. Use it and take it back.

Or just go buy different juices. My jug cider recipe uses three different juices. Generic preservative free cide;r martinellis not from concentrate; and tart gravenstein from whole foods or trader Joe's.

 

[bucketnative]

Generic preservative free cide;r martinellis not from concentrate; and tart gravenstein from whole foods or trader Joe's.

I'll add to this saying that I have been loosely correlating apple juice taste to finished cider flavor. I have been finding that the sweeter juices yield the least flavorful ciders after fermentation. I would definitely recommend starting with the tarter juices.

I'll be checking out the Gravenstein for sure. Thanks for mentioning it.

 

[laredo7mm]

Buy a juicer from a place with a liberal return policy. Use it and take it back...

I really dislike people who think this is an OK thing to do. What is the logic in believing that this type of behavior is acceptable?

 

[globell]

Perhaps Weezy ment that when it doesn't stand up to the abuse of juicing apples - return it it doesn't meet its warrenty.
I only say this because I recently bought a 70.00 juicer and it broke the second use - was happy I was able to take it back - sad it failed. Only juiced maybe a few litres.....

if not then I do agree with bucketnative.

 

[MindenMan]

How long are you aging your cider before drinking it?

 

[Weezy]

Personally, I'll make it this time of year and let it set until next fall. I only do it once a year. Habit from when I was first trying to make cider and was using fresh apples fall time. I haven't really taste tested for a minimum time frame. but it definitely takes time. I'd give it at least 3 months, I think. It definitely needs time to lose the sharpness.

I only cold store it too.

I was being facetious about the juicer, sorry

 

[MarkKF]

I start sept - dec. age til spring then keg carb & bottle for summer.