Catoshy
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My brother comes home from college this christmas, which is like 6 months away- but I'm impatient. At least for experimenting. He doesn't like beer. He doesn't dislike it either but is apathetic to it. He think its bitter and tastes not as good as other things he likes to drink for various other reasons. He *does* like cider, but I like beer and sessions strength when I can help it; and the problem with cider is that to get session strength you have 2 options (as far as I know enlighten me if I'm wrong);
Kill the fermentation before it finishes
-or-
dilute the juice with something else before (or after) fermentation
Since cider already has all the sugar already in the juice, there is no way to tweak it (as it seems to me) without watering it down, or adding substitutes for the lost taste. then there is sweet cider, but I do not like sweet cider at all (although this is my brothers favorite kind of cider), in fact I find it quite unpleasant since it still tastes like apple juice but now with some alcohol taste in it and just doesn't taste good. So I thought I might have a solution - make a beer that tastes like cider.
First I must say that I am quite inexperienced with cider, and don't know what tastes I am trying to emulate. I assume it tastes sour and fruity, and maybe tannic like wine, but beyond that I cannot say since other than that awful sweet cider stuff I made I have never had cider.
I do know a bit about beer brewing, but I have not been as scientific and meticulous about it as I assume many on this forum have been (nor am I as experienced). I was thinking something along the lines of wheat malt with some medium caramel malt with no hops. Thoughts?
Kill the fermentation before it finishes
-or-
dilute the juice with something else before (or after) fermentation
Since cider already has all the sugar already in the juice, there is no way to tweak it (as it seems to me) without watering it down, or adding substitutes for the lost taste. then there is sweet cider, but I do not like sweet cider at all (although this is my brothers favorite kind of cider), in fact I find it quite unpleasant since it still tastes like apple juice but now with some alcohol taste in it and just doesn't taste good. So I thought I might have a solution - make a beer that tastes like cider.
First I must say that I am quite inexperienced with cider, and don't know what tastes I am trying to emulate. I assume it tastes sour and fruity, and maybe tannic like wine, but beyond that I cannot say since other than that awful sweet cider stuff I made I have never had cider.
I do know a bit about beer brewing, but I have not been as scientific and meticulous about it as I assume many on this forum have been (nor am I as experienced). I was thinking something along the lines of wheat malt with some medium caramel malt with no hops. Thoughts?