This is a fancy version of my prison juice cider recipe. With blackberries in season, I decided to experiment using fruit puree in this cider with fresh berries. The colour did not disappoint: perfectly pink with a purple hue. As it aged the colour took on more orange. Unfortunately, the blackberries don’t feature prominently in the taste. But it did offer a bit more depth of flavour than store bought apple juice provides and is a fun regional and seasonal variation to an otherwise boring recipe.
Notes
Pink colour.
Crisp and tart dry taste.
Just a hint of blackberry from the puree.
Recipe
Style:
Cider
Batch Size:
5.0 gal
Boil Time:
0 min
OG
FG
ABV
IBU
SRM
1.045
1.002
5.6%
-
-
Yeast
SafCider AB-1
1.0 pkg
Fermentables
SunRype Apple Juice
5 gallons
(100%)
Blackberry Puree.
2 lbs
Extras
Yeast Nutrient
1 tsp
Blend 2lbs of blackberries into a puree and pasteurize for 10 minutes. Dump blackberry puree into fermenter. Dump juice directly onto blackberry puree. Add yeast nutrient. Add yeast. Ferment for 2 weeks. Carbonate and drink.
Changes
Dry and tart taste is nice. Not much blackberry taste but the colour is festive.
This is a fancy version of my prison juice cider recipe. With blackberries in season, I decided to experiment using fruit puree in this cider with fresh berries. The colour did not disappoint: perfectly pink with a purple hue. As it aged the colour took on more orange. Unfortunately, the blackberries don’t feature prominently in the taste. But it did offer a bit more depth of flavour than store bought apple juice provides and is a fun regional and seasonal variation to an otherwise boring recipe.