Raspberry Cider

[hazard]

I've just made a raspberry beer (added to recipe db today), its not finished yet but tasted a sample from the fermenter - and it tasted good. But my wife said - it still tastes like beer. So the thought struck me - why not make a raspberry cider? Surely the raspberry would blend more harmoniously with apple and pear than it does with barley and hops?

I've made 2 batches of cider for SWMBO using apple/pear juice from Woolies, and she is very happy with the results. So can I add some raspberries to it, in just the same way as I did with the beer?? In the case of the beer, i fermented for one week, then racked green beer onto 2.1 kg frozen raspberry (that 3 packets of Sara lee frozen raspberries).

Any comments on whether this would work, and what is right amount of raspberries?

 

[barls]

it works really well mate got one sitting in the fermentor right now.
i used 1L of berry juice in this one though

 

[hazard]

it works really well mate got one sitting in the fermentor right now.
i used 1L of berry juice in this one though

Thanks Barls, so you used 1L of berry (cherry) juice? How much apple juice did you use? Fresh or packaged?

Thanks

 

[barls]

both were packaged, its made up to 4.5L in a small gallon carboy.
i think the berry juice was a blend i found in the green grocer down the road.
have used whole raspberries before just couldnt be bothered this time.
i use 1kg of farm fresh one in my current batch of mead