About Scheduling a Private Instruction

This is Lesson 2 of our home cidermaking lesson plan. Our private instruction lesson plans are instruction only.  They do not include beverage/food production on site or any beverage/food handling. 

Apple Varieties, Harvest Math and Assessment of Apple Ripeness

Approximate lesson time: 40-60 minutes

This Lesson 24 Plan Includes:

• Discuss Q&A from prior reading
• Apple varieties commonly found in Sonoma County
• Classic cider apple varieties associated with the heritage traditions
• Selecting apples based on tannin content, acidity, sugar content, and flavor
• Determining ripeness and when to pick, and what fruit to accept or reject
• “Sweating” under ripe apples
• Harvest math – volumes calculations for totes, presses, fermenters, and storage