I added some to my cider to add flavor and bring up the abv a bit. It's a thick concentrate. Very sweet and strong. It added a sharpness that was interesting and a bit of complexity.

Based on two batches made. First experimental batch: Three liters concentrate and filtered water to make 5 gallons. Second batch: 3 gallons filtered water + 3 liters concentrate blended with 6 gallons of fresh pressed (non-sulfited) honey crisp apple cider and 2 lbs orange blossom honey per 5 gallon carboy. I rack to secondary after two weeks onto 2 oz medium toast American oak cubes per 5 gallon carboy. Keep in secondary for one to two months just because I like a very clear finish (almost no haze, but golden in color). I back-sweeten with 12 oz orange blossom honey in each 5 gallon keg. The fermented concentrate has a perfect level of tannins for a crisp, refreshing cider - solo or on ice. There is a very, very slight concentrate taste before medium carbonation, but to cover that I suspend and steep a mesh bag in each keg of 4 lbs (originally) of the most tangy and aromatic apples I can find - peeled, cored, and dried in a food dehydrator. This brings up a delightful fresh apple aroma. The dried fruit also back-sweetens slightly without diluting the end product. I have not taken a gravity reading on this recipe. Best estimate is about 4.5% ABV. Ten gallons will disappear more quickly than you might expect.

Oh man. This is some amazing stuff. I didn't expect such a dry and flavorful cider would come from extract. Excellent and complex flavor with black tea - like tannins.

I ordered this mostly out of curiosity, and I was actually pretty impressed. I feel like this is just what you need to take a boring cider to the next level. I was a little hesitant because of how industrial this product looks, but it's fantastic and everything I hoped it would be.I fermented a gallon of Sprouts apple cider with SafCider S-04, and then used a jar of this concentrate to backsweeten. My first impression was how good the concentrate smells and tastes; it's reminiscent of those fruit leather squares you buy individually wrapped at the grocery store. I was really happy with the flavor, it's not artificial or harsh at all! It has real rich apple flavor, but you can actually taste the apple peel and tannins, which are completely absent in regular apple juice/cider. I would describe the flavor as a "complete" apple flavor that you get when eating the unpeeled fruit. It's very nice, I dumped the whole jar in without hesitation after tasting the concentrate. I was worried it might be excessively bitter, but it's not at all. I found that it definitely needed a bit of malic acid to balance out all the flavors and give it that fresh crisp apple flavor, so keep that in mind if you feel like it's missing something.The only downside is that this concentrate seems to contain a lot of fine apple pulp/sediment. I didn't notice it at first, but after bottling and while the bottles were carbonating I noticed a decent amount of sediment at the bottom of the bottles that isn't normally present in my ciders. It's not the end of the world, but definitely something to be aware of. Because of this, it might be better to use this concentrate in primary with either water or fresh juice, and racking should leave behind all the sediment while keeping the dark color and tannins.Even with the sediment, I think this is a fantastic product. If you're wanting your beverage to really taste like fresh-pressed apple cider, give it a try!

First attempt at Hard Cider, made it last weekend. Always wanted to try a cider and the Concentrate made it easier.

There is no substitute for real cider apples and this concentrate makes a cider with perfect balance and a lot of body. I added 1 gallon of locally pressed juice to add aroma lost during the evaporation process. Adding more fresh juice would be even better. I diluted to just over 5 gallons so the abv was a more traditional 7.2%Much better than adding tannin and acid blend to dessert apple juice.

My son has to eat gluten-free and has come to enjoy ciders. Last time at my house, he polished-off my stash! He is not a fan of the sweet ciders and this definitely is not that way. It makes good solid stuff. Just make sure you use a yeast made for cider.