Friday, 16 October 2009 at 01:39 PM Hard cider made easy, Part II
So everyone now knows where to go if the supermarket aisles are suddenly cleared of preserves.
As it turns out, I'm not done.
I have a Spiced Beer Jelly that I need to make. And while I was flipping through Mes Confitures to get to that recipe, I found the Pumpkin with Caramelized Lemon recipe. And then the Banana, Orange and Chocolate recipe. And then the Orange and Chocolate recipe.
Sigh.
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When we press our apples for cider, we're left with nothing but the solids. They are shot out the back of the mill and land in this trailer, which is hauled away by a man who feeds it to his beefalo.
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The hard cider is coming along nicely, thank you. I have my first batch clarifying in a second fermenter. I don't really care if it's crystal clear or not, so I'm thinking I'll bottle that Monday to move things along. That's when I'll transfer the second batch to the carboy to clarify. In the first two batches, I used straight apple cider and Côte des Blancs yeast from Red Star. In this third batch, I'm using 90% apple cider and 10% pear cider, with Lalvin 71B yeast.
Some of you have asked how my cider is coming along, and so that update was for you.
On the other hand, for a lot of you that paragraph was yawn-inducing gibberish.
So, I'm introducing you to one of the orchard's new residents and serving this cider post with a kitten chaser.
canning, cooking, farm, highlights, other cider, hard cider
Reader Comments (4)
I thought the cider update was interesting all by itself. Teh kitteh pic was icing on the cake--almost as cute as my princess who is currently napping on the notes I need to review. Almost... :P Please write a post comparing the two ciders. I'm curious about the differences in flavor.
Beautiful shot of the orchard but dare I say Janine's rubbing off on you? It's a good thing (how could a kitten chaser be a bad thing?) I'm just making notes. And while I'm at it, that particular kitten has got remarkable eyes. Back to cider, I'll second the first commenter and look hopefully toward a cider comparison if you have time to do one.
If you can just get the kitten to play the piano, this blog will finally be a success. In the meantime, more booze news, please.
ayyy ese gatito Dany!!!! jajaja me muero! un beso!
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