Should You Age Cider?

[@TheBruSho]

I rarely age ciders but when you find that lone bottle in the back of the fridge after a long time its a pleasant surprise

[@Kveiksmithdaryl]

It's always a joy to find beers you thought you'd completely finished!

[@jonathang.5092]

There's no way I'd be able to hang on to two bottles of anything for a year. So, well done you!! Incidentally I just made an apple and pomegranate cider from shop bought juice. Really nice. Don't think it'll hang around for a year though.

[@Kveiksmithdaryl]

Ha ha, going forward I'm going to try and avoid accidentally leaving bottles to age for ages! That cider sounds fab!

[@jazzed2b]

I have the same problem, but I can even much less barely get my cider into 2nd fermentation before it’s gone

[@AM2PMReviews]

I think I drank half a gallon the first two weeks after fermentation and then I drank the other half like a month later and it was much better. Interestingly the fresh pressed juice wasn’t as good as the cheap frozen concentrate which was cleaner and clearer and cheaper.

[@TheGoodCrusader]

Got 5 gallons in the fermenters

[@lfcsponge]

Maybe the fresh pressed cider oxidised a bit?

[@Kveiksmithdaryl]

This could absolutely be the explanation!

[@jazzed2b]

Could the second bottle have aged too long? How long was the second bottle aged for the first tasting where you actually enjoyed it?

[@Kveiksmithdaryl]

Could easily be the case. Think I only aged it for about 2 weeks when I enjoyed it

[@OysterBoysBrewingCo]

Time is a healer!

[@Kveiksmithdaryl]

Absolutely is!

[@dudestewbrews]

Interesting that the fresh pressed turned out worse.

[@Kveiksmithdaryl]

It really surprised me, I wonder if it's because so many commercial cider makers use it that it's resulted in the expected cider taste being one that is from concentrate