Cider Making, Using & Enjoying Sweet & Hard Cider

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This newly-designed ond revised edition of the cider maker's bible (overs all aspects, from growing the trees to cooking with cider.Making cider at home is surging in popularity- especially so among many of the 1.5 million U.S. homebrewers who are adding hard cider to their repertoire. In this eminently readable how-to book, Proulx and Nichols address the many issues that first-time and veteran cidermakers encounter with this popular activity. Anticipating questions with a skill borne of expertise, they fully explain basic procedures, equipment, and materials, and even include plans for making an apple press. Comparisons of U.S., Canadian, and European cultivars help readers evaluate and choose the best apples. Step-by-step instructions show how to make varieties such as blended cider, champagne and sparkling ciders, English farmhouse cider, and French cider. Cider also covers growing a home orchard; making apple cider vinegar, applejack, and apple brandy; judging cider; cider and the law; and contains more than 40 recipes for cooking with cider. Interesting sidebars throughout offer cider history, lore, and profiles of cidermakers.