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Gday Folks
I have read a few post no this apple cider and decided to give it ago , any advice would be appreciated .
Here is whats in the mix :1xcan blackrock apple cider
1kg brew booster (dextrose,malt,cornsyrup)
350g Lactose
Yeast
Does puting apple juice improve the flavour ?

Cheers

Hell yes!

Just make sure it has no preservatives.

Also, if you're worried about alcohol content, find out the sugar content of the juice and adjust your brewing sugar accordingly.

I've heared stories of a "death cider" that was made up to about 12%, without the juice it would have been more like 5%

And remember that the companies claim that "added vit. C" is not a preservative, though it most certainly is.

Cheers Chris & Blandy , well ive made this first one as is and will try to do another batch with the juice to see the difference .Much appreciated .

blandy wrote: I've heared stories of a "death cider" that was made up to about 12%, without the juice it would have been more like 5%

i have some friends that will love it if my cider turns out like that

i kind of made up a recipe with minimal research that went something like this:

BlackRock Cider can
500g dex
500g LDM
400g lactose
6 peeled and 1/4ed grannysmiths
6 litres apple juice

fermenting for 6 days now, still going strong. gone from 1054 to 1020.

I really don't think the 12% was a problem for this guy, more was that it burned when it went down and left you with really bad hangovers. I think it was all of those sugars that are in juice that aren't glucose (mainly fructose) that caused the yeast to do some funny stuff.

Apparently it was delicious stuff, but only for sipping.

What brand of juice would be best to use folks ?
Looking forward to trying the result