kingvitamin > wrote:
> hello I am new at making wines and such. anyway is there a recipe
> anyone has for a cyser that uses apple juice concentrate (frozen or
> juice) and honey and brown sugar? i need a recipe for a one gallon
> batch. I would like something sweet and nice. any help greatly
> appreciated.

The following recipe is from www.gotmead.com (and you probably will get more
answers if you followup-to rec.crafts.meadmaking). Just cut all
ingredients by 5 to make 1 gallon. Well, except the yeast.

Christmas Cyser
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5 gal pastuerized apple cider
2 lbs honey
1 lb brown sugar
10 cinnamon sticks, crushed
palmful crushed allspice berries
palmful crushed cardamom
3 tsp lemon peel
3 tsp orange peel
1 pkg Pasteur Champagne yeast

Heat 1 gal cider to 160 d F.
Add honey, brown sugar, and all spices.
Keep at 160 for 15 minutes, stirring to dissolve honey and brown sugar.
Put 3 gal cider in 5 gal food grade pail.
Add hot must to pail, straining out spices.
When temperature drops below 80 d. F, pitch yeast and add 3.5 tsp yeast
nutrient, agitate pail with top on to mix well.
Airlock and let sit for 1 month, then add last gallon of cider,
and boil 2 cups water and steep 5 sticks of cinnamon (crushed)
for 15 minutes.
Remove cinnamon and add water to must.
Add honey dissolved into boiled water as needed to enhance flavor and body
to taste. When ferment is complete, bottle and age at least 1 month.

O.G. 1.080
F.G. 1.000