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Rauchgraf | Smoked Beer/Hard Cider Hybrid

Smoked beer meets hard apple cider in this episode of Chop & Brew. Chip shares the story of his rauchgraf or smoked graf, a hybrid beverage fermented from a blend of rauchbier wort and orchard fresh apple cider. The result is something delightfully smoky and slighty tart with a bit of malt and apple sweetness.

Rauchgraf (Smoked Beer/Hard Cider Hybrid) Homebrew Recipe

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This recipe is for the rauchgraf (smoked beer/hard cider hybrid) as seen brewed, blended and fermented in Chop & Brew Episode 123. While I used an orchard fresh apple cider blend of Cortland, Haralson and SweeTango, I believe you could make this using store-bought cider as long as it doesn’t have any preservatives in it,