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Big Book of Cidermaking
SKU: 100046506
Comprehensive guide to crafting diverse, flavorful hard ciders at home.
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Description
DIY: Make Your Own Hard Cider
Learn expert techniques for fermenting and flavoring your favorite hard cider. Best-selling authors and acclaimed fermentation teachers Christopher Shockey and Kristen K. Shockey turn their expertise to the world of fermented beverages in the most comprehensive guide to home cidermaking available. With expert advice and clear, step-by-step instructions, The Big Book of Cidermaking equips you with the skills you need to make the cider you want: sweet, dry, fruity, farmhouse-style, hopped, barrel-aged, or fortified.
Product Highlights
- More comprehensive than other cidermaking books
- In-depth information about the different phases of fermentation and the entire spectrum of complex flavor and style possibilities
- Includes cider recipes ranging from cornelian cherry to ginger and styles including New England, Spanish and late-season ciders
- Filled with helpful information from fermentation experts
- Full-color with photos throughout the book
- Paperback
- 336 pp.
- 9" x 8"
Details
This thorough, thoughtful handbook is an empowering guide for every cidermaker, from the beginner seeking foundational techniques and tips to the intermediate cider crafter who wants to expand their skills.
Table of Contents
The Ark of Apples
Cider: A Sustainably Made, Healthy-ish Adult Beverage
Part One: Making Cider
1. Choose Your Cidermaking Adventure
2. Equipment Overview
3. The Master Process
Part Two: Recipes
4. Wild Ciders
5. Cultivated Ciders
6. Crafting Ciders with Wild Botanical Yeasts
7. Infused Ciders
8. Cider: Iced, Wined, and Spirited
9. Drinking Cider
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1: Troubleshooting
Appendix 2: Apple Varieties
Glossary
Endnotes
Biography
Resources
Index