Ashton Still: A Warm orange. Lightly scented , mildly Tart. Very smooth. http://www.butcombe.com/beers/beers.shtml# … Continue reading
Category Archives: Cidermaking
Well its the end of my first week back from England and I finally got to go to an orchard and try to purchase some fresh pressed apple juice and to do what I’ve discovered is called “Back sweetening” my … Continue reading
My next batch after bottling the Autumnal Amber… http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f81/southern-sweet-cider-114594/ … Continue reading
I thought I had room in the mini fridge for a third 2-gallon container of cider because one sits on the bottom just fine turned sideways. Problem is I didn’t try closing the door! I’ll have to remove the wire … Continue reading
I’m going to start another batch of cider tomorrow. I wanted to let you know what I’ve done in the meantime. I’ve made ginger beer. The mrs. found a recipe on the BBC food channel webpage and I gave it … Continue reading
I just drank an excellent bottle of cider. I would have gladly pitted it against 80% of all the ciders I’ve ever tasted. And it was mine. It was one of the current “Luck of the Irish” batch mentioned earlier. … Continue reading
The batch I made back in March is drinkable now though I am trying to save some for Fourth of July weekend. Some of the bottles got a bit warm out in the garage when we had an early … Continue reading
The more I thought about it the more I couldn’t’ remember if I’d actually put honey in the Batch A bottles like I mentioned in a previous posting. So yesterday I grabbed one of the bottles — a 3/4 full … Continue reading
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