Craft Hard Cider: Recipes, Tips, and Ideas for Making & Enjoying Hard Cider
I was reading a post from someone who was making a batch of hard cider. I’m not sure what hard cider recipe they were following, but they added sugar to the juice. The impression I got from the post and several comments was that people expected the sugar to make the hard cider sweet and … Continue reading Hard Cider Tip #3: Making Hard Cider Sweet
When you fly halfway around the world to London, what should be your main objective? Drinking hard cider of course! Okay, maybe we wanted to check out a few sites but sampling hard ciders was still top on my priority list. I always say you don’t need to go to the orchard or cidery to … Continue reading London Cider
I was first exposed to elderflower while visiting Sheppy’s in Somerset, England. It was one of our favorite hard ciders we tried (okay, I had several favorites but I was standing physically in Sheppy's and I am a cider geek). Partly because it was very different from flavors we were accustomed to having in the … Continue reading Making Elderflower Hard Cider
Have you ever added a pretty colored adjunct to your hard cider only to see the color disappear when you bottle it? Consider prickly pear juice. If you have ever used it, you know what I’m saying when I talk about an iridescent pink. The juice can look fake it’s so bright. The first time … Continue reading Hard Cider Tip #2: Color Retention
What do you do when you eat at a great restaurant but don’t get to sample the desserts. You go back! We noticed some interesting desserts on the menu at Feast the other day but didn’t get the chance to try them. So we decided to stop in again and treat ourselves to a couple. … Continue reading A Dessert Feast
You’ve got your equipment and you’ve picked a hard cider recipe to follow. You’re ready to make some craft hard cider. Should you press your own apples or just use juice? As with many of life’s questions, the answer is that it depends. Ask yourself the following questions. The more you answer “yes”, the more … Continue reading Hard Cider Tip #1: To Press or Not To Press
Bitter Red Hard Cider By Prickly Apple Cider I have a friend whose family has an organic cranberry bog. Every year, he gives me several pounds of cranberries. My wife bakes with them as well as uses them for our Thanksgiving cranberry sauce. Naturally, I make hard cider with them. Cranberries are tart and astringent: … Continue reading Making Bitter Red Hard Cider
I was told you should do something nice for your spouse after 25 years of marriage. I took mine on a hard cider tour in Somerset, England! Well, maybe I took her to a Valentines Day High Tea at Highclere Castle (aka Downton Abbey) and she took me on a West Country Cider Tour. Either … Continue reading West Country Cider Tour
Pink Paradise Hard Cider by Prickly Apple Cider Homemade sourdough pizza with a pesto sauce, roasted artichokes and poblano peppers with feta and parmesan cheese: it was superb. We picked the artichokes at a local farm and the sourdough is from my wild starter. I love those sourdough breadsticks so much I included the recipe … Continue reading Making Pink Paradise Hard Cider
Have you ever taken a hard cider tour? Maybe you are envisioning a walk through the orchard on a fall day before stopping at the barn to buy some apples and a few bottles of hard cider made from a hard cider recipe handed down from 6-7 generations. That would be awesome but it isn’t … Continue reading Phoenix Hard Cider Tour
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