This is a great stand-alone product, as well as an excellent base point for other custom flavors!
Made up of a blend of 100% apple juice concentrate and natural apple essence flavor, these bases are designed to make a fermentable base for hard apple cider.
The concentrate is 68 Brix with an acidity of 2.3. The 5.8:1 concentrate reconstitutes to a 11 Brix base with an acidity of 0.39, a beautiful McIntosh profile and is 100% juice with other natural flavors.
Ideal for breweries
No need to process apples
Make great cider at any time of year, regardless of apple season timing or quality
Consistent, high quality product season to season, year to year
Now you can easily expand into offering hard apple cider, or simplify your existing process with our Hard Cider Bases
Our suggested process yields a finished Hard Apple Cider with approximately 5.9% alcohol by volume, approximately 8.4 Brix with 4% residual sugars. Carbonated to 1.0 to 1.5 atm, and you have a fantastic hard cider!
We also have a complete line of Natural Extract Flavors, pre-approved by the TTB - and ideal for adding back or boosting a natural fruit flavor into hard cider or beer. These are true-to-name flavors based on extracts and essences. You can make a great range of ciders by adding these extract flavors to your apple cider base.
