Craft Cider Making

Lea, Andrew

ISBN 10: 1785000152 / ISBN 13: 9781785000157

Published by Crowood Press (UK), 2015

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Synopsis:

This new edition of the best-selling Craft Cider Making is fully revised and updated. Packed with essential advice and information, it gives step-by-step instruction for small scale cider making. It retains the best of traditional practice but also draws on modern understanding of orcharding and fermentation science. Written by an award-winning cider maker, it guides beginners into the rewarding world of cider making and helps those with more experience expand their skills to enjoy the craft more fully. |Guide to cider apples, as well as advice on growing and caring for them. Introduction to equipment and processes. Instructions on how to make still, dry cider; sparkling, sweetened, blended and keeved versions; and unfermented apple juice, cider vinegar and perry. Advice on troubleshooting. Primarily for makers working on a small scale, ranging from a couple of apple trees to several acres of orchard and hoping to make between ten and ten thousand litres.

About the Author: Andrew Lea is a retired food biochemist who started his career in the tea industry and then spent thirteen years at the Long Ashton Research Station (the National Fruit and Cider Institute), followed by twenty years in wider food and beverage research and consultancy. For that time he has also been a prizewinning hobby cidermaker with his own small orchard.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Craft Cider Making
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
Publication Date: 2015
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 3rd Edition