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 […]
Category: Cider
I write about my own experience with cider brewing and answered relevant questions to help new and advanced brewers.
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Can You Ferment Cranberry Juice Into Alcohol?
Have you ever wanted to turn cranberry juice into your own homemade alcohol? If so, you’ve come to the right place. Average cranberry juice can be fermented into a wine […]
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Cider Yeast: Best Yeasts for Hard Cider Making!
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 […]
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Keeving in Cider Making – A Guide!
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 […]
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Foam in Cider Making – Here’s How To Control It!
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 […]
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Can You Make Cider From any Type of Fruit? (Which Ones?)
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 […]
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Can You Carbonate Cider With a SodaStream? (Here Is How!)
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 […]
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Is Cider Always Carbonated? – Still Cider Explained!
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 […]
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What are Good Hard Cider Storage Containers?
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 […]
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What does hard cider taste like?
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. […]