I made a gallon batch of this a year ago, let it sit a full year to mature and drop clear. I then back sweetened with one can of apple juice concentrate and kegged. It was FANTASTIC!!!
I made this and am glad I took an extra couple steps. I brewed 5 gallons. It turned out very sour and bitter. I made this about a week after this video came out. After letting it sit, there was a gel that formed on the bottom. After filtering out this gel, the sourness was gone and back sweetening this is one of my favorite brews. The apple, strawberry and lemon are a great combo. Brew On!
you killed it Trey. As a beginner homebrewer, I love how you keep it easy and concise. From your video, I got the entire recipe and saw it in action. And you have never steered me wrong. I didn't know that you can have fruit in your first fermentation! I'm assuming that one can also put in extract for first fermentation ? Thank you!
Alright I need to say it : you're so talented man it's crazy! Storytime : i've been brewing again since march 2022 and began to find UA-cam channels like yours and ClawHammerSupply. It's so nice, clear and refreshing to watch a well thought, filmed and edited video about brewing. As a french canandian it's sometimes hard to watch a video with good info but a lack in video production. But yours checks all the boxes! Nice recipes, well done, clear and funny! You deserve to get 10 times the followers you have and more! Thanks for sharing you knowledge on brewing and keep on the work, you're killing it!
Pectic enzyme also helps break down the fruit. We have done a strawberry lemonade wine and we loved it. Our strawberry wine has been going for 3 months now and is about ready to bottle!
I'm literally right in the middle of making this recipe!! But I made 5.5gal of it!! Gonna be drank on a camping trip coming up. Just about to throw my hops in! Kept the recipe the same just scaled up! Same yeast and all!! Cant wait!! Gonma be great! Thanks for the killer recipe!!!
My favorite variation of this, while not gluten free, is to make a light, low gravity wort with wheat and then do this entire process. Wheat flavor + apple + strawberry + lemony hops is incredible. Also a handful of lemon verbena leaves does amazing things to ciders.
I only made cider once and didn't like it. Right now I have made and am drinking my Belgian Witbier (with some oats) made with hibiscus flowers put in the hopstand and T-58. It is absolutely amazing. I highly recommend it!
Ok now I want to do that instead of my planned Mojito Cider, strawberry&apple sounds like a dream of a combo, I WILL have to try it later. Awesome vid as always!
@@TheBruSho I think I'll give it a go when I find a suitable replacement for Lemondrop hops which, as of now, seem unavailable in France As for the Mojito Cider, I'm planning on giving an update on the Discord server once brewed and once tested, if I manage to decide how to implement the mint aspect
Never made a cider before but this one looks too good not to give it a try! Thanks for sharing it 😊 Also to answer your question about what flavour combinations would be nice, maybe mango/lime? 🤔
I'm loving how easy this is to make...I might have to brew up a sneaky little batch soon as I have fermenter space! Or just reuse the bottle itself and ferment in it maybe! 🤔
Brushow you are the man! And you keep reading my mind. I’ve been making lots of cider lately and I’ve been playing around with making a hopped cider (specifically like your hazy hopped cider ;) ) AND I was talking about a strawberry cider with my S/O just yesterday!! And you combined the two here! My mind is blown 😂😂 loved the video I think you’re a genius especially when it comes to making a really tasty brew and then kegging it for quick and carbonated results. I love it.
Hey one friendly suggestion though, I’ve noticed if you can get an apple cider instead of an apple juice from the store, something more 100% or pressed style (that murky apple juice haha), that the murky juice makes much more quality cider products. Two brands to compare; Motts v Musselmans. Musselmans creates noticeably better cider so I would just suggest trying to find some of that and give it a try. If I can get pure apple cider thats in season I do but when it’s not in season I use musselmans apple cider or any other murky apple cider I can get my hands on as they seem to make better product :)
@@zachburton4190 thanks for the comments and complements! And yea I need to give apple cider more of a chance. I’ve done it before but sometimes the price on these clear juices is too good. Sounds like a fun experiment
@@TheBruSho I love experimenting! I also love Brushow! Keep up the good work homie!! One of my favorite brew channels for sure. I get excited anytime I see a new upload 🙂
how concerned should I be about oxidization while bottling a hopped cider like this? Am I screwed if I bottle without any CO2? or will the bottle conditioning suffice for getting rid of O2?
Do you think Voss Kveik would be okay as an alternative to Lutra if I ferment it pretty low (20-22C)? I know it's got a some orange esters but can't get ahold of Lutra lately! I've also bought motueka hops as a substitute for lemondrop just for fun. Look forward to fermenting this asap!
First time doing a cider and I made this. I did change the recipe a bit: 1. I wanted it a bit higher ABV so I modified the recipe and added enough dextrose to bring OG to 1.092, according to brewers friend would get me ~10.7% abv. 2. I used VOSS Kveik because I didn't realize the difference. I fermented at 85 degrees f according to what the yeast likes and HOLY CRAP it almost bubbled the sanitizer right out. I had to refill the airlock, and in 3 days it completely stopped. Good thing I noticed how crazy it was going and dropped the hops in midway through. 3. SG after ferment read 0.994 bringing final ABV to about 12.8%😵. 4. I cold crashed, pasteurized at 160 f just to make sure the yeast would not react, and back sweetened with agave to bring it up to 1.005 FG before kegging. I did add some frozen strawberries and a few ice cube sized pieces of frozen squeezed lemon juice. I'm still waiting on carbonation to settle, but so far its a bit more cloudy compared to yours, has a bit of bitter lemon and hop bite, but just enough sweetness to balance out, and can hardly tell its that boozy. It almost has a Carmel apple silkiness and flavor to it.
Sounds super refreshing, it's definitely the season to start ciders! I just started a strawberry cider this weekend using a SafCider yeast, adding NB crystalized strawberry flavoring at bottling, and going to attempt to bottle condition using some tart cherry candi syrup instead of dextrose to hopefully get a fun strawberry-cherry cider.
@@TheBruSho back a month later to say it's tasty! I like the NB flavorings I've tried, though next time I'll go a little stronger on this one. However I've also come to the conclusion that I don't think non-dextrose priming sugars really add or change much, though surely more to test side by side on that one. I tried your hazy hop cider recipe last year late summer and I'm looking forward to doing a second round of it sometime in August!
I think the hazy hopped one is still my favorite but this one came very close. If you really love hops you could push it more here and get something really good
It sounds great! I’m asking because I’ve bought all the ingredients to make your HHC for my next batch. I’m really looking forward to having around for the hot weather. Cheers!
I plan on doing this next month for my birthday but I have some questions: how does cloudy/hazy unfiltered applejuice effect the result? I could get home pressed organic applejuice for a low price from a local here and would prefer to use that one over store bought. And how well does the carbonation keep after bottling the cider when it fermented for 7 days? Do I need a bottling wand in order to keep the carbonation or can I transfer it any other way? Would love to hear from you❤
Hey! Cloudy juice usually results in a cloudy final product. But I don’t mind a little haze in a cider. And carbonation will keep for a long time, months if not years. As long as you use good sanitation. You don’t need bottle wand but it makes it easier!
Looks very good! Did the occasional stirring you do, also serve as degassing? I have made a couple ciders that people have enjoyed, but they often has a less than desirable aroma to them. Would love to do this recipe, but need to get past the aroma issues, first. Great video, as always!
Im sure in some way it was degassing, but I found using yeast nutrients is what really improved the aroma to my ciders, before that they had a sulfur fart smell ha
@@TheBruSho lol, yeah exactly what I was having issues with. Thinking to scale this to 3g, then to use entire pack of Lutra, as well as adding Fermaid O, as to not stress the yeast, which I know can lead to some "fun" aromas! Thanks, Trent!
I made a 5 gallon batch of strawberry and lime cider for my wife a few months ago. I ended up going with 2 lbs of strawberries per pound in secondary. It turned out fantastic. I don't know if it was because I added my strawberries in secondary or if it was because the fruit ratio was higher but the color turned a brilliant pink.
Do you have to keg or bottle it or can you just pour into a glass and drink. If you have to bottle it do you have to carbonate it? If so how many tablets for 12oz bottles?
@@zachdouin7882 you can totally just drink it still/without carbonation. And in order to know how much sugar to add you need to use a “priming calculator” there are free ones online
@@mhendr just give it time to fall out. I’ve never really had an issue with it clearing out, especially if you lager it. But also depends on the clarity of juice, cloudy juice will take a lot more time
I didn’t add one and there was no issues. I think because lutra gets going so fast it overtakes anything else that might be hanging around. But you could pasteurize if you wanted to be safe
Please. PLEAE don't use Stevia to backsweeten your brew. It is vile, evil and utterly disgusting! I thought it was a good idea a few months ago but ended up dumping an entire 5 litre batch. Learn from my mistake and DON'T use Stevia!
@@TheBruSho Give it a try; just a spoonful in your tea or coffee. And you'll be cured for life. Heard good things about erythritol. It's supposed to taste very similar to regular sugar. But it is rather expensive.
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I made a gallon batch of this a year ago, let it sit a full year to mature and drop clear. I then back sweetened with one can of apple juice concentrate and kegged. It was FANTASTIC!!!
I made this and am glad I took an extra couple steps. I brewed 5 gallons. It turned out very sour and bitter. I made this about a week after this video came out. After letting it sit, there was a gel that formed on the bottom. After filtering out this gel, the sourness was gone and back sweetening this is one of my favorite brews. The apple, strawberry and lemon are a great combo. Brew On!
Boom! Another one added to the list. Thx Trent!
Cheers man!
I find lime and back sweetening with brown sugar works well with cider
I could see that working very well! Will have to try it out!
Looks like some serious Legitness!
U kno it braj!
Looks super yummy!! Is there a way to do something similar to this using a ginger bug?
you killed it Trey. As a beginner homebrewer, I love how you keep it easy and concise. From your video, I got the entire recipe and saw it in action. And you have never steered me wrong. I didn't know that you can have fruit in your first fermentation!
I'm assuming that one can also put in extract for first fermentation ?
Thank you!
Thanks so much! Yeah you can add extract whenever!
This sounds so refreshing and yummy! 🍋🍓
I plan to give this a try...I'm thinking I might add some fresh lemon zest too.....
That would be a great touch!
Looks super refreshing!!! I need to make more ciders!!
They are so easy to fill into those blank spots in the kegerator
Alright I need to say it : you're so talented man it's crazy! Storytime : i've been brewing again since march 2022 and began to find UA-cam channels like yours and ClawHammerSupply. It's so nice, clear and refreshing to watch a well thought, filmed and edited video about brewing. As a french canandian it's sometimes hard to watch a video with good info but a lack in video production. But yours checks all the boxes! Nice recipes, well done, clear and funny! You deserve to get 10 times the followers you have and more! Thanks for sharing you knowledge on brewing and keep on the work, you're killing it!
Wow thank you so much, comments and support like this is what keeps me motivated to keep making content, I really appreciate it!
Nice video, going to try this one! Any oxidation issues from opening the fermenter? Sláinte 🇮🇪
Looks so tasty for a warm summer’s day!
So happy to have this on tap with the weather warming up!
Pectic enzyme also helps break down the fruit. We have done a strawberry lemonade wine and we loved it. Our strawberry wine has been going for 3 months now and is about ready to bottle!
Yum excited for you to pop one open
I'm literally right in the middle of making this recipe!! But I made 5.5gal of it!! Gonna be drank on a camping trip coming up. Just about to throw my hops in! Kept the recipe the same just scaled up! Same yeast and all!! Cant wait!! Gonma be great! Thanks for the killer recipe!!!
My favorite variation of this, while not gluten free, is to make a light, low gravity wort with wheat and then do this entire process.
Wheat flavor + apple + strawberry + lemony hops is incredible.
Also a handful of lemon verbena leaves does amazing things to ciders.
I only made cider once and didn't like it. Right now I have made and am drinking my Belgian Witbier (with some oats) made with hibiscus flowers put in the hopstand and T-58. It is absolutely amazing. I highly recommend it!
That sounds delicious! Love me som hibiscus
Ok now I want to do that instead of my planned Mojito Cider, strawberry&apple sounds like a dream of a combo, I WILL have to try it later. Awesome vid as always!
Give it a go! But a Mojito cider sounds very intriguing, I may have to try that some day
@@TheBruSho I think I'll give it a go when I find a suitable replacement for Lemondrop hops which, as of now, seem unavailable in France
As for the Mojito Cider, I'm planning on giving an update on the Discord server once brewed and once tested, if I manage to decide how to implement the mint aspect
I'd love to see a rhubarb hopped cider. A local cider works near me used to make a "Hop and Stalk" cider with rhubarb and hops, it was delightful!!
That sounds super interesting, I do love a good rhubarb dessert!
Never made a cider before but this one looks too good not to give it a try! Thanks for sharing it 😊
Also to answer your question about what flavour combinations would be nice, maybe mango/lime? 🤔
Man your production quality has been so clean and consistent, you deserve more views man. love the content, keep it up
Thanks so much Jakob! Cheers! 🍻
I loved this recipe so much that I started a 5 gallon batch today with 8lbs of strawberries
I'm loving how easy this is to make...I might have to brew up a sneaky little batch soon as I have fermenter space! Or just reuse the bottle itself and ferment in it maybe! 🤔
So easy! And yeah if you can find the glass jug ciders (apple juice) you could just do it all in that too and have a fermenter to use again
@@TheBruSho ah I was planning on potentially just prison hooching in those plastic bottles that you used!
If I wanted to do a second fermentation in a bottle to get it carbonated how much sugar would you recommend?
Brushow you are the man! And you keep reading my mind. I’ve been making lots of cider lately and I’ve been playing around with making a hopped cider (specifically like your hazy hopped cider ;) ) AND I was talking about a strawberry cider with my S/O just yesterday!! And you combined the two here! My mind is blown 😂😂 loved the video I think you’re a genius especially when it comes to making a really tasty brew and then kegging it for quick and carbonated results. I love it.
Hey one friendly suggestion though, I’ve noticed if you can get an apple cider instead of an apple juice from the store, something more 100% or pressed style (that murky apple juice haha), that the murky juice makes much more quality cider products. Two brands to compare; Motts v Musselmans. Musselmans creates noticeably better cider so I would just suggest trying to find some of that and give it a try. If I can get pure apple cider thats in season I do but when it’s not in season I use musselmans apple cider or any other murky apple cider I can get my hands on as they seem to make better product :)
@@zachburton4190 thanks for the comments and complements! And yea I need to give apple cider more of a chance. I’ve done it before but sometimes the price on these clear juices is too good. Sounds like a fun experiment
@@TheBruSho I love experimenting! I also love Brushow! Keep up the good work homie!! One of my favorite brew channels for sure. I get excited anytime I see a new upload 🙂
I think Sauerkraut and pickles would be a great combo 😋 Great job Trent!
Lol keep trying Curt, maybe one day you’ll break me
@@TheBruSho persistence is key 🤣
This looks amazing!! I plan to brew this recipe this weekend, in time for Father’s Day. I can’t wait! Thank you!
Nice let me know how you (or your pops) like it!
What is the keg you put your cider in
How many days did you let it ferment for?
After how many days do you pull the fruit out?
Wooooo looks/sounds tasty ! I'm definitely brewing this soon, thanks for sharing! Cheers Amigo!
Thanks man I think you will enjoy it!
how concerned should I be about oxidization while bottling a hopped cider like this? Am I screwed if I bottle without any CO2? or will the bottle conditioning suffice for getting rid of O2?
How do you fill your kegs?
This sounds absolutely delicious!
We need more ciders from you man!
Do you think Voss Kveik would be okay as an alternative to Lutra if I ferment it pretty low (20-22C)? I know it's got a some orange esters but can't get ahold of Lutra lately! I've also bought motueka hops as a substitute for lemondrop just for fun. Look forward to fermenting this asap!
First time doing a cider and I made this. I did change the recipe a bit:
1. I wanted it a bit higher ABV so I modified the recipe and added enough dextrose to bring OG to 1.092, according to brewers friend would get me ~10.7% abv.
2. I used VOSS Kveik because I didn't realize the difference. I fermented at 85 degrees f according to what the yeast likes and HOLY CRAP it almost bubbled the sanitizer right out. I had to refill the airlock, and in 3 days it completely stopped. Good thing I noticed how crazy it was going and dropped the hops in midway through.
3. SG after ferment read 0.994 bringing final ABV to about 12.8%😵.
4. I cold crashed, pasteurized at 160 f just to make sure the yeast would not react, and back sweetened with agave to bring it up to 1.005 FG before kegging. I did add some frozen strawberries and a few ice cube sized pieces of frozen squeezed lemon juice.
I'm still waiting on carbonation to settle, but so far its a bit more cloudy compared to yours, has a bit of bitter lemon and hop bite, but just enough sweetness to balance out, and can hardly tell its that boozy. It almost has a Carmel apple silkiness and flavor to it.
Looks fantastic! Must give this a go some time!
Thanks Daryl, cheers mate!
Sounds super refreshing, it's definitely the season to start ciders! I just started a strawberry cider this weekend using a SafCider yeast, adding NB crystalized strawberry flavoring at bottling, and going to attempt to bottle condition using some tart cherry candi syrup instead of dextrose to hopefully get a fun strawberry-cherry cider.
Oooh that sounds super interesting, let me know how it turns out!
@@TheBruSho back a month later to say it's tasty! I like the NB flavorings I've tried, though next time I'll go a little stronger on this one. However I've also come to the conclusion that I don't think non-dextrose priming sugars really add or change much, though surely more to test side by side on that one. I tried your hazy hop cider recipe last year late summer and I'm looking forward to doing a second round of it sometime in August!
@@tomknight2366 thank you for the update Tom! 🍻
Which Safcider yeast did you use? I want to try this myself and plan on using the AS Variant.
@@maximilianpitscheider5034 it was AS-2! Overall good result :)
Great minds think alike! I'm gonna be adding some strawberries to my Lemondrop Wheat for a nice Strawberry Lemonade Wheat Beer!
That sounds amazing can’t wait for that one!
This sounds delicious, Trent! Which do you prefer, this flavor or your Hazy Hopped Cider? I remember you saying you really enjoyed it.
I think the hazy hopped one is still my favorite but this one came very close. If you really love hops you could push it more here and get something really good
It sounds great! I’m asking because I’ve bought all the ingredients to make your HHC for my next batch. I’m really looking forward to having around for the hot weather. Cheers!
I plan on doing this next month for my birthday but I have some questions: how does cloudy/hazy unfiltered applejuice effect the result? I could get home pressed organic applejuice for a low price from a local here and would prefer to use that one over store bought.
And how well does the carbonation keep after bottling the cider when it fermented for 7 days? Do I need a bottling wand in order to keep the carbonation or can I transfer it any other way?
Would love to hear from you❤
Hey! Cloudy juice usually results in a cloudy final product. But I don’t mind a little haze in a cider. And carbonation will keep for a long time, months if not years. As long as you use good sanitation. You don’t need bottle wand but it makes it easier!
Looks delicious and love the Wayne's World transition! Cheers!
Haha the only flashback/dream transition that is acceptable
Loved how it turned out!
What is your keg carbonation process? What PSI and how many days? Loved how foamy it was
Kegged at 40 psi for 24 hours and then reduced to 10 psi. And I think the hops added to the foaminess! Thanks!
But the weather isn't heating up?!.... lot's of love from down in Australia
Looks very good! Did the occasional stirring you do, also serve as degassing? I have made a couple ciders that people have enjoyed, but they often has a less than desirable aroma to them. Would love to do this recipe, but need to get past the aroma issues, first.
Great video, as always!
Im sure in some way it was degassing, but I found using yeast nutrients is what really improved the aroma to my ciders, before that they had a sulfur fart smell ha
@@TheBruSho lol, yeah exactly what I was having issues with. Thinking to scale this to 3g, then to use entire pack of Lutra, as well as adding Fermaid O, as to not stress the yeast, which I know can lead to some "fun" aromas! Thanks, Trent!
I made a 5 gallon batch of strawberry and lime cider for my wife a few months ago. I ended up going with 2 lbs of strawberries per pound in secondary. It turned out fantastic. I don't know if it was because I added my strawberries in secondary or if it was because the fruit ratio was higher but the color turned a brilliant pink.
Nice! Yeah in camera it doesn’t look that red but in person it’s just SLIGHTLY got a pinkness to it. Would be nice to have a bit more color
Do you have to keg or bottle it or can you just pour into a glass and drink. If you have to bottle it do you have to carbonate it? If so how many tablets for 12oz bottles?
@@zachdouin7882 you can totally just drink it still/without carbonation. And in order to know how much sugar to add you need to use a “priming calculator” there are free ones online
@@TheBruSho awesome thank you very much. This is my first time ever brewing something
@@TheBruSho can I just put ice in a glass and pour it in? I made the bucket fermenter from your video
@@zachdouin7882 absolutely!
Dry yeast doesn't need or benefit from "oxygen". It's one of the things I love about dry yeast, just pitch it and you're done. That looks so good!
Looks like a good poolside beverage.
That’s exactly what I’m planning to do this weekend!
Just starting up on brewing - inspired by your simple approach :)
Could you use real lemon instead of lemondrop hops? and, if yes, in what ratio?
Yeah you could. It won’t be the same though and you’ll need to experiment with how much. I would say start with the zest of one lemon
@@TheBruSho No, not the same, but I don't have the hobs and I think some lemon flavour adds nicely to strawberry.
Thanks for the guideline :)
Is there something else I can use to substitute the lemon drop hops with?
I think citra could work. Any hop that has a citrus forward flavor profile. Or you can just use some actual lemon but will be a bit different
How do you get the cloudiness from the hops out of the final product?? Tried this but it looks like mud...
After watching more videos, maybe the haze/cloudiness is normal. Just seems like I have a lot of hops dust floating around in there.
@@mhendr just give it time to fall out. I’ve never really had an issue with it clearing out, especially if you lager it. But also depends on the clarity of juice, cloudy juice will take a lot more time
How did you store the yeast once the package was open?
I used a chip clip called gripstic, nothing fancy since I filmed the next video shortly after but those help keep it sealed pretty tight
Is there any need to add campden pills to the strawberries?
I didn’t add one and there was no issues. I think because lutra gets going so fast it overtakes anything else that might be hanging around. But you could pasteurize if you wanted to be safe
peach lemonade cider
To quote you….”I chose to keg it up so I can drink it faster…” no aging? Or are you drinking as soon as it’s carbonated?
Yup! Of course I don’t drink it all at once so it will age in keg slowly.
lol @ gluten free
Please. PLEAE don't use Stevia to backsweeten your brew. It is vile, evil and utterly disgusting! I thought it was a good idea a few months ago but ended up dumping an entire 5 litre batch. Learn from my mistake and DON'T use Stevia!
Good to know, I don't use it in my ferments but it was the only non fermentable sugar I have at my place. I think erythritol is a popular choice
@@TheBruSho Give it a try; just a spoonful in your tea or coffee. And you'll be cured for life.
Heard good things about erythritol. It's supposed to taste very similar to regular sugar. But it is rather expensive.