Craft Hard Cider: Recipes, Tips, and Ideas for Making & Enjoying Hard Cider
Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t taken Cider Quiz #1, click here to take it before exploring the answers. I included links to various articles about aroma faults and what causes them at the bottom of this post. These can provide additional references and information that talks about causes and potential impacts to cider quality. You can also … Continue reading Cider Quiz Answers: Question #5
Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t taken Cider Quiz #1, click here to take it before exploring the answers. You can also find related articles about sulfites (Campden) and what they do and don't do in the list of articles at the bottom of this post. If you can get a copy, I encourage you to read … Continue reading Cider Quiz Answers: Question #4
Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t taken Cider Quiz #1, click here to take it before exploring the answers. Check out the list of related articles at the bottom for reference material about phenolics is apples and how to maximize the amount of phenolic compounds in your cider. A great paper on the subject of phenolics … Continue reading Cider Quiz Answers: Question #3
Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t taken Cider Quiz #1, click here to take it before exploring the answers. Check out the list of related articles at the bottom for reference material about organoleptic. Remember that I wanted the quiz to be challenging. I tried to make all the answer reasonable and related to the topic. Question … Continue reading Cider Quiz Answers: Question #2
Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t taken Cider Quiz #1, click here to take it before exploring the answers. You can tap or click on the picture in each answer to open a related article. Question #1: How can you create a cider with some residual sweetness? Let’s explore each answer. 1. Keeving: Yes, it can … Continue reading Cider Quiz Answers: Question #1
Bucket with Film YeastYeast versus Mold: Yeast is the smooth white and mold is the fuzzy green/blackMold on top of Cider If you’ve read many of my articles, you know I often answer questions with “it depends”. However, that doesn’t mean we can’t define practices that are generally helpful and will not create problems when … Continue reading Cider Rules: Oxygen
Musing: I believe you are more likely to create sulfur odors adding yeast nutrients than preventing them. Let me explain. The general belief is that sulfur aromas are created when yeast are stressed and lack nutrients, especially nitrogen. This is a true statement but, it’s also a statement about wine, not cider. Cider will generally … Continue reading Cider Musings: Sulfur Odors
Are you ready to make your first cider? This quiz will test you on some of the basic concepts that are important to understand when making hard cider. If you can answer these ten questions correctly, you have a solid understanding of how cider is made and how you can avoid some common pitfalls. Don’t … Continue reading Cider Quiz #1
Musing: I believe yeast is the most important factor deciding whether a keeve will be successful or not. Let me explain. Keeving is a process that uses nutrient deprivation to create a naturally sweet hard cider. The main characteristic of a keeve is the formation of a thick cap. It is usually gelatinous but sometimes … Continue reading Cider Musings: Keeving
Acetic acid is generally considered one of the most undesirable compounds found in cider. In very small doses, it can have a positive impact but in general, it is something you should try to avoid because of the vinegary aroma and taste it can produce. You might think that the most common producer of acetic … Continue reading The Overview: Acetic Acid Bacteria
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