fermentation

Ingredient Feature: Currants

26 June, 2014 | 0 Comments

  I thought it might be interestingĀ to periodically profile an ingredient often used in cider and/or mead and the incarnations it can take. Guess we’ll find outĀ if that impulse is [...]

Small Cidery Gear Roundup

17 February, 2014 | 2 Comments

If you aren’t interested in geeking out about cidermaking equipment, this post probably isn’t for you… Overview: I’ve been toying with the idea of opening a cidery of my own for some time, and as such have been keeping an eye on equipment suppliers. So when I noticed that [...]

How To Make Hard Cider, continued…

30 December, 2013 | 0 Comments

As promised, the hard cider-making tutorial has (finally) been updated to include a Fermentation and Aging section. Head on over for some tips and lessons learned drawn from experiences with the three ciders I made this season (Winesap, Arkansas Black, and a New England-style hard [...]