non typical Cider yeast uses

[foukou.brewing]

Hello, we've got some cider yeast lying around (and as we're not the biggest fans of apple cider) we were wondering whether we could experiment a little and use this M02 cider yeast in a different way. Other fruit juices might be fun but they're also costly! Any ideas?

 

[fluketamer]

this yeast will work great for supermarket juice wines. :

https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/supermarket-juice-wine-how-to-guide-and-recipes.49462/

bilberry (or blueberry if you cant find) is my favorite.

1 liter of white grape juice
2 liters of blueberry
several hundred grams of sugar to OG 1.070 ish
top up with water to 1 gallon.
add black tea tannins in the form of 1 cup of tea with 2-3 tea bags steeped for 20 mins.
add citric acid in the form of lemon or lime juice.
ADD YEAST NUTRIENT ( very important)
ferment relatively cold like 65 ish

this is really good

 

[DaveC73]

I've used M02 for all kinds of fruited ciders and fruit wines with good results. To me it behaves like a champagne yeast, it makes a clean dry product but produces lots of fruity esters. Kind of like EC-1118 but with character.

My only beef with M02, which used to be my go-to yeast, is that 2ish years ago it started throwing lots of H2S. And by lots I mean it was making stink-bombs that took months and months to gas off, if they ever did. I tried everything to get rid of the sulphur problem, but nothing worked for me. So, regretfully, I've abandoned M02 for other yeasts.

So, as long as you don't experience the sulphur issues, I'd say use it with any fruit you want. Happy experimenting!