COMING SOON - Home Cidermakers Guidebook by The Beverage People

This guidebook by The Beverage People is a collection in one place of our most useful instructional guidance on home cidermaking over the last 4+ decades.  It includes step-by-step instructions, as well as assorted in-depth discussions covering a full range of important cidermaking topics to guide you to delicious cider, whatever your level of expertise may be.  It is intended as a handy reference for use as you make your cider, while also addressing more complicated topics in order to improve your chances of success. 

The Beverage People is a fermentation retail outlet that has operated since 1980.  Over that time, many long-time staff members have contributed instructional content that is incorporated into these instructions.   The publication has been compiled and edited by Gabe Jackson, one of the owners of the company, from various sources contributed through the decades by these great contributors (listed alphabetically):

Bob Peak
Byron Burch
Clare Speichinger
Gabe Jackson
Jane Jackson
Jeff Sternfeld
Joe Hanson-Hirt
Robyn Rosemon
Nancy Vineyard

Specifications

About This Book:

  • Binding: Paperback
  • Pages: 121
  • Language: English
  • Publisher: The Beverage People, Inc
  • Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"
How to Use

What's Inside:

  1. Overview of Key Components in Cider
  2. Cidermaking Equipment & Ingredients List
  3. Preparing for Harvest: Estimating Crop Yields & Vessels Needed
  4. Turning Apples into Juice
  5. Apple Varieties Found in Sonoma County and Elsewhere
  6. Preserving Fresh Apple Juice
  7. Guide to Cider Styles
  8. How to Make New World Style Cider Step-by-Step
  9. How to Make English Style Cider Step-by-Step
  10. How to Make French Style Cider Step-by-Step
  11. How to Make New England Style Cider Step-by-Step
  12. How to Make Spanish Style Cider Step-by-Step
  13. How to Make Cyser (Apple Cider Mead) Step-by-Step
  14. Cleaning & Sanitizing 101
  15. Making Adjustments to Sugar or Titratable Acidity
  16. How to Use and Test for Sulfite in Cider
  17. Guide to Cider Yeast Selection
  18. Making Nutrient Additions
  19. Malolactic Fermentation in Cider
  20. Achieving Clarity in Cider
  21. Fixing Volatile Reduced Sulfur
  22. Cider Bottling Options & Instructions
  23. Kegging Cider
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