DraperyFalls
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I have an opportunity to get some peach cider this week. Anyone have experience using cider in a recipe in place of water? Does it work? Anything I should know? Was this a stupid question?
Using cider instead of water
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arturo7
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Just dump some champagne yeast into the peach cider.
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DraperyFalls
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Would this just be if I wanted alcoholic cider? What if I wanted to brew a beer but use the cider instead of water?
arturo7
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I guess you could mix it with extract, but you couldn't mash with it.
effigyoffaith
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It would be a shame to boil the peach cider.
What is the SG?
What is the SG?
Check out some recipes in the Cider recipe section. Brandon's Graff seems to be popular (I just bottled a batch). It's a beer made with apple juice instead of water. Many of the recipe considerations will apply to pear cider as well.
![Craft A Brew - Safale S-04 Dry Yeast - Fermentis - English Ale Dry Yeast - For English and American Ales and Hard Apple Ciders - Ingredients for Home Brewing - Beer Making Supplies - [1 Pack]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41fVGNh6JfL._SL500_.jpg)
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DraperyFalls
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I actually just used Brandon's recipe last week! This is why I figured this might be worth a shot!
And yeah, I wouldn't boil the cider. I'd probably do a boil with just a gallon of water and then fill the fermenter up to 5 gallons with the peach cider.
And yeah, I wouldn't boil the cider. I'd probably do a boil with just a gallon of water and then fill the fermenter up to 5 gallons with the peach cider.
