You nailed it when you said extracts are the most useful when you need to get a very niche type of flavor that's difficult to get. For fruit flavors, I really like to use fruit purees but sometimes that doesn't work exactly how I want. Great video!
I haven’t used purées too much but I’ve also heard mixed things. Adding fruit is always a bit of a toss up depending on the fruit. But that’s what experimenting is for!
I never use purée after doing that once on kombucha and finding it to take about an hour to filter that crap out of my brew! No thank You! Chopped fruit is much better!
Love a good options/comparison video! When batch size allows I'm a huge fan of split batches with specific variables and try to do things like that on most brews. Same amount of brewing, twice the learning 😎
Is there any negatives for putting fruit straight into the keg? Should I take it out after a week or so? Or is the muslin bag of fruit good to be in the keg until I finish off the keg? Thanks in advanced, love the content!
Hey Trent, I'm thinking of making a braggot (mead/beer combo). There's a surprising lack of info on what style of beer to use. Many of the resources that do exist are just a bit of malt added to mead, or a bit of honey added to beer, but I'd love to see your take on a 50/50 mix. Love the show!
Ima try this. A mother pro for the extract is itll taste more like the store bought drinks from the shops and if you like those but want to save money its a good option, mightn't be has healthy but. Also The ginger beer i made didn't turn out as fizzy as I'd like. Its been 6 days in the bottle and its pretty flat. Wondering what I did wrong.
This right here! After watching this and your other cider vid's I realize I've been using my potassium sorbate all wrong. I'm going to try this one and the apple pie one you made a video on. Probably the mango one too. I am a big fan of cider as well as beer. :)
Thank for the information :) been watching for a while and just bought gear to start brewing. What I wonder is How do you add flavors with fruit and have carbonation if you bottle your Cider. I thought that if you added fruits for flavoring without stabilizing it would start fermentation again. Is there a way to add fruit flavor with fruits if you bottle instead of kegging?
Yeah I would say just put the fruit in your fermenter for a few days and let it ferment out. Then when it’s done refermenting the sugar in the fruit go ahead and bottle as you normally would
Thanks for sharing! I've been trying to infuse fruit flavors with little success in my ciders and have been considering artificial flavors. Do you have a brand that you'd recommend? Great video all around!
I’ve worked with Olive Nation before and they have good flavor options. But I haven’t done enough with other brands to have a solid opinion. Still experimenting!
I made an amazing semi-dry apple-raspberry cider by just back sweetening with a 1:1 blend of raspberry and apple juice. My next batch will be co-fermented for comparison. I cold crash my cider 24 hours before back sweetening and kegging so the yeast is still alive but the cold keeps them inactive. Havent had any issues with that.
I haven't used extracts yet, but I've used real fruits and that's my preference. I might use extract one day, but I love me some real fruit.... Thx for the video buddy!
I tried a grapefruit extract from Olive Nation in a homebrew hard seltzer. all I could taste was Goo Gone adhesive remover. I think I'll try to either juice some grapefruit or do a tincture of the peel next time.
I think that would be great! Especially if you can find a hop that plays into the Berry character. I love hopped ciders, my hazy cider is one of my all time favs
@@TheBruSho @TheBruSho I saw citra and mosaic recommended for cider in general online. Would you recommend those here or something else to go with the berry flavor?
i have a real question here, maybe Trent does not answer but anyone can... what if you blend the apple juice with REAL other fruit in this case blueberry juice? it is usable? cause i want to make a berry brew, it can be made with 100% real berry juice? in my country fruit is easy to find but store juice is kinda hard...
Without watching the video I think the extract wins because blueberries suck in kombucha and aren’t good at imparting much flavor I recognize as “Blueberry”.
@@TheBruSho My friend keeps say “ok now we need to try FRESH!” but certain things just don’t work as far as kombucha not sure if the fermentation/alcohol works differently!
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You nailed it when you said extracts are the most useful when you need to get a very niche type of flavor that's difficult to get. For fruit flavors, I really like to use fruit purees but sometimes that doesn't work exactly how I want. Great video!
I haven’t used purées too much but I’ve also heard mixed things. Adding fruit is always a bit of a toss up depending on the fruit. But that’s what experimenting is for!
I never use purée after doing that once on kombucha and finding it to take about an hour to filter that crap out of my brew! No thank You! Chopped fruit is much better!
Love a good options/comparison video! When batch size allows I'm a huge fan of split batches with specific variables and try to do things like that on most brews. Same amount of brewing, twice the learning 😎
Couldn’t agree more! I definitely want to do more split batches
Is there any negatives for putting fruit straight into the keg? Should I take it out after a week or so? Or is the muslin bag of fruit good to be in the keg until I finish off the keg?
Thanks in advanced, love the content!
Thanks, this video is amazing. I only make cider and had no idea about how to use extract. this video will give me a good path forward 👏🏾
That’s great! Thanks for watching!
Great video! Answered some questions I've been having for awhile regarding getting fruit flavor into my homebrew.
Great glad it was useful!
Hi! Love this, short and concise! What would the difference in using fresh fruit vs frozen fruit? And should they be chopped first in the mesh bag?
That would be a good experiment. In my experience frozen works best since it released the flavors more easily
Have u ever done a video on hard seltzer for a 1gal. batch if so I would be interested in a recipe.
Thank You
When adding the sulfite and sorbate, is the cider chilled? Or is it chilled 24 hours after the additions, then fruited?
Planning on bottle conditioning some hoppy cider with frozen blueberries, and honey for the carbonating agent in the morning. Hope this goes well.😅
Hey Trent, I'm thinking of making a braggot (mead/beer combo). There's a surprising lack of info on what style of beer to use. Many of the resources that do exist are just a bit of malt added to mead, or a bit of honey added to beer, but I'd love to see your take on a 50/50 mix. Love the show!
Thanks! Yeah I haven’t had that before but I’ve definitely been curious. May tackle a drink inspired by that at some point!
Killer video! Best cider vid I've seen in a while
Thank you! I’m working on a few more ciders coming soon!
Ima try this. A mother pro for the extract is itll taste more like the store bought drinks from the shops and if you like those but want to save money its a good option, mightn't be has healthy but. Also The ginger beer i made didn't turn out as fizzy as I'd like. Its been 6 days in the bottle and its pretty flat. Wondering what I did wrong.
That’s a great point. And yeah not sure, maybe try again?
Good looking ciders Trent! Cheers!!
Thank you! 🍎
How much blueberry extract did u use?
This right here! After watching this and your other cider vid's I realize I've been using my potassium sorbate all wrong. I'm going to try this one and the apple pie one you made a video on. Probably the mango one too. I am a big fan of cider as well as beer. :)
Yeah ciders are a great changeup every now and then, excited to be brewing some more this fall
Thank for the information :) been watching for a while and just bought gear to start brewing. What I wonder is How do you add flavors with fruit and have carbonation if you bottle your Cider. I thought that if you added fruits for flavoring without stabilizing it would start fermentation again. Is there a way to add fruit flavor with fruits if you bottle instead of kegging?
Yeah I would say just put the fruit in your fermenter for a few days and let it ferment out. Then when it’s done refermenting the sugar in the fruit go ahead and bottle as you normally would
Thanks for sharing! I've been trying to infuse fruit flavors with little success in my ciders and have been considering artificial flavors. Do you have a brand that you'd recommend? Great video all around!
I’ve worked with Olive Nation before and they have good flavor options. But I haven’t done enough with other brands to have a solid opinion. Still experimenting!
@@TheBruSho Thanks! I'll check out what they have. Really appreciate the help.
I made an amazing semi-dry apple-raspberry cider by just back sweetening with a 1:1 blend of raspberry and apple juice. My next batch will be co-fermented for comparison. I cold crash my cider 24 hours before back sweetening and kegging so the yeast is still alive but the cold keeps them inactive. Havent had any issues with that.
Yeah that sounds like it would work, especially if you drink it fast!
Awesome video Trent I’ve myself determined I prefer natural flavors every time 🍻
Yeah there is something about natural flavor that’s hard to beat. Thanks!
That's especially true with strawberry. The commercial extracts have way more flavor than homemade tinctures.
I know the extract is pretty instantly ready to drink, but how long would you have to wait for the frozen berries to infuse?
I would say 3-5 days should be plenty. They start taking on the color immediately, which is nice!
Are you supposed to crush the blueberries first? Or just leave them as is?
You don’t have to if you freeze them first
Looks so delicious!! 😍
Thank you! 🍎🫐
In the uk we call this a turbo cider. And try all sorts of other juices with the apple juice.
I had heard that term before but never knew what it meant, thanks for the info!
I haven't used extracts yet, but I've used real fruits and that's my preference. I might use extract one day, but I love me some real fruit.... Thx for the video buddy!
Yeah I feel you. Sometimes the real thing is just unbeatable
I tried a grapefruit extract from Olive Nation in a homebrew hard seltzer. all I could taste was Goo Gone adhesive remover. I think I'll try to either juice some grapefruit or do a tincture of the peel next time.
Tinctures are great options for extracting flavor. I think that would be a good way to go about grapefruit
What do you think about dry hopping this recipe?
I think that would be great! Especially if you can find a hop that plays into the Berry character. I love hopped ciders, my hazy cider is one of my all time favs
@@TheBruSho @TheBruSho I saw citra and mosaic recommended for cider in general online. Would you recommend those here or something else to go with the berry flavor?
@@SaucySpecial I could see that working. Might overpower the blueberry flavor so definitely use a small amount to complement, not mask the flavor
see you this weekend!
Can’t wait to MBC!!
@@TheBruSho I'll have a phone by then too!
Fruit additions versus extracts: seeing as I only make classic beer styles, I don't use fruit or fruit extracts, but it's good to know
Yeah glad it was still informative! Thanks!
i have a real question here, maybe Trent does not answer but anyone can... what if you blend the apple juice with REAL other fruit in this case blueberry juice? it is usable? cause i want to make a berry brew, it can be made with 100% real berry juice? in my country fruit is easy to find but store juice is kinda hard...
Yea you absolutely can. I did it with my Cranberry Mulled Cider using part cranberry juice!
why don't you ferment the blueberry with the apple juice?
You could totally do that, I do it sometimes.
After getting shredded fruits started taste like candies
They work better together IMO. Just a tiny amount of extract helps round out the flavors.
Oh wow I never thought to try that, thank you!
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Awesome, you must be a braj then? Hah!
Why not a test with both combined?
Haha best believe I tried it off camera, not bad at all!
Going to call you Father Of Fermentation Trent.
Hahah I will wear that badge with honor!
Without watching the video I think the extract wins because blueberries suck in kombucha and aren’t good at imparting much flavor I recognize as “Blueberry”.
Ha, I was surprised at how good the fruited one was, I think it just takes a lot of blueberries to make an impact.
@@TheBruSho My friend keeps say “ok now we need to try FRESH!” but certain things just don’t work as far as kombucha not sure if the fermentation/alcohol works differently!
@@kyliefan7 I feel you, hard to get a lot of flavor when the kombucha is so flavorful itself. I guess just keep experimenting!
ove carbonated drinks, because I love burping.
Can you DM me? im lost..
No but you can message me on Instagram if you have a specific question. Or join the discord