Best Microscopes for Home Brewing – And How to Count Yeast!
A microscope is the perfect brewing tool for many home brewers. What could be geekier than looking at the microbes that produce our beer? But what is considered the best microscopes […]
A microscope is the perfect brewing tool for many home brewers. What could be geekier than looking at the microbes that produce our beer? But what is considered the best microscopes […]
Making a great hard cider requires more than just good ingredients and technique. Yeast plays an important role in the final product, as it helps to create both flavor and […]
Keeving is an ancient art of making sweet cider, and it’s something that every home brewer should learn. In this blog post we’ll be discussing the history of keeving, what […]
The foam on top of your apple cider and beer is sometimes called “krausen” and is normal during fermentation of especially gluten-containing beers and ciders made from the juice of […]
While you can in theory make cider with any fruit that contains juice and sugar, these will not be considered “real” ciders unless they contain a substantial amount of apples […]
If you want your hard cider or just plain apple cider, to be sparkling there are only a few ways to do so. The most common way of carbonating cider […]
Throughout history, many people actually drank, and still are drinking, their cider in the still form without carbonation. Hard cider that has not undergone secondary bottle fermentation or force carbonation […]
Hard cider storage containers come in a variety of materials. For the most part, the best option is glassware, typically bottles, which will be reusable, airtight, and not give off […]
Cider is a type of alcoholic beverage that is made by fermenting the juice of apples. Hard cider, in particular, has higher alcohol content than its non-alcoholic counterpart, apple cider. […]
Cider making is not a complicated process, but it does involve a certain amount of waiting time. Especially if you make it from scratch – starting from the apples! The […]