mikescooling
Well-Known Member
Hey guys, any of you know things that Costco sells that I can ferment? Or that ferment well? I know some apple juices have an additive that we shouldn't use in fermentation? What do you buy at Costco?
Kirkland 100% Apple Juice NOT FROM CONCENTRATE! Makes some really GREAT Cider. I actually like it over way more expensive brands. I've made probably 30 gallons of that's stuff. Tasty and Cheap too! ~$25 for 5gallons.
Also, they usually have great deals on Fruit. I buy them when its really cheap for adding it to the cider, or making a fruit/wheat beer that is really good too.
ovaltine
Ovaltine cider? Ovaltine beer?
hmmm.... I'm confused
An homage to this classic thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/i-am-currently-fermenting-ovaltine-294176/
Epimetheus said:About honey. This is not a criticism about Costco, just a definition of honey. Honey must contain some pollen to be considered actual honey. Currently (as of the date of this post) there is no other way to test that it is not a collection of sugars and flavorings. Ultra-filtered honey has the pollen filtered out of it. Big stores like Costco and WallyWorld overwhelmingly use ultra-filtered honey. If whatever-it-is works the same as certified honey, you may not care. I find that reasonable.
Many larger markets have a Business Costco that is oriented to restaurants and food service. They stock different food, commercial kitchen equipment, different janitorial supplies, takeout containers, etc. If you have one nearby it might be worth checking it out for other ingredients. There might be other fruit options, different sugars, large brew pots, etc.
Well "Recipes" would be a loose term.
I've used it with the 5lb Kirkland Honey, 2lbs Blueberries and 2.5lb Strawberries - Blawberry Cyser
I've done the same as above with 5lbs Sweet Cherries instead. - Cherry Cyser
Honestly the best and easiest though is just: 5gal Kirkland Apple Juice, 3.5lbs Snowberry Honey from Washington, Clean Ale yeast and a little yeast nutrient. The honey bumps the ABV and adds a subtle flavor. I am not a fan of Clover Honey, so I purchase gallon jugs from EBAY, Snowberry is just so good. This will make a ~8%abv drink and will need a good 2-3 months to really shine. and bring back the apple flavor. Drop the honey and you could probably have a good taster @ 1.5months.
I made this exact batch @ 8%abv and let it age for ~5months. This was absolutely amazing. Finished @ 1.00 but after the aging, it tasted sweet and very Apple-y. Almost tasted back sweetened with juice the apple flavor was so intense.
So with the Honey, I paid ~$35 for 5gallons. And it cannot be easier, dump the half of each gallon jug into a carboy. Add some honey to the remaining half of juice in each jug. Shake, Shake, Shake. Add a little nutrient, Shake. Dump all into carboy and add yeast. Takes a whole 10 minutes to make.
Early on; they taste like a decent white wine without the piss aftertaste. Let it age and it just gets spectacular.
gmh1975 said:Some classmates of mine just did a safeway apple juice that had ascorbic acid(vit C) on the ingredients as a preservative. It fermented for three days with WLP-007 and was finished with Brett C. Finished at 1.001. Tastes delicious. Suprisingly well balanced. Not sweet, but not too dry or sour. Seeing as its pastuerized apple juice its a pretty quick and simple cider. Open container, dump in yeast. Wait. Drink.
Enter your email address to join: