waht can I do?

[imacoming]

I have a hard cider from a kit in the carboy right now. It is ready for bottling but the ABV is high (9.1%) because I used a champagne yeast. The alcohol content is a little high for my taste.....I was looking for something like Strong Bow.
My question is can I add this brew to a new batch that I will start this week or should I wait to blend both batches at bottling time?

[ColdBraue]

I would wait until your other batch is done fermenting to blend, if you are in fact going to blend the two. I would just be worried about the health of the yeast in a partially alcoholic, partially fresh wort environment if you were to mix unfermented cider with fermented cider. I haven't heard anything specific about how that would affect the flavor, but the yeast might have a little bit of a hard time trying to replicate and strengthen their cell walls, which could turn into off flavors.
Your cider is probably pretty good at that 9% ABV, nice and dry. I would go a head and bottle/keg that, and then make your next batch less strong. I am sure people would love to try that beast of a cider!
Not sure if I helped at all, but all the best!

[imacoming]

It does make sense to not add the old batch to the new batch...I was just making sure.

[Lars]

Another option would be to backsweeten the stron cider until you get a flavor profile you like. Personally, I'll be adding some sugar free raspberry syrup (Torani coffee syrup) to a cider that went too dry.

[Lars]

Frozen concentrated cider would be another option...

[imacoming]

thanks for the help. i think I will add some concentrate to the brew to give it some added flavour. Next time I wil just use the yeast that came with the cider kit

[imacoming]

I eneded up adding 2gal of a vanilla mead that was frementing at the same time to the hard cider. The original test sample was very nice. It has now been in the secondary for a week and will be ready to bottle very soon.

[imacoming]

Now down to half a keg and the cider is GREAT! I have been messing around with a homemade counter pressure filler, so the brew well soon be in bottles.