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At the ballgame the other night, my wife had a beer she really liked, and I've been charged with making her 5 gallons of it. It's by a brewery in Cincinnati, called Rhinegeist. It's called Bubbles, and sold as a rosé ale. (It used to be brewed as a cider, but now it's brewed as an ale.) It's pretty much a wine cooler. Note the 0 IBU. I tried similar recipe before. I brewed it as an extract, and it had 4 lbs DME, 4 lbs corn syrup, and 1 lb maltodextrin. The unflavored fermented result tasted very much like Countrytime lemonade. I think it was a good base. I was shooting for 1.059, but my notes say I got 1.076 with a 6 gallon kettle batch size. I didn't note my ending kettle volume. Brewer's Best sells apple, cranberry, and peach flavorings. Those bottles are usually good for a 5 gallon batch size, so I figure a third of a bottle of each of the three flavors. I remember my last attempt didn't taste sweet like a wine cooler does. I see on the Brewer's Best site that they sell cider kits that include a sweeetener. It goes in pre fermentation. Is that something I can get a la carte? I've never heard of it. I'd love to hear some input on this, except why I shouldn't brew it. My wife wants it, and I am going to brew it. Part of my deal with her to build the 6 tap keezer!
http://www.rhinegeist.com/ciders
http://www.rhinegeist.com/ciders