Monday, November 19, 2007

Homemade Hard Cider



Another simple trick from Wild Fermentation. Get some cider, ideally unpasteurized, though I've heard pasteurized without preservatives will still work. Let it sit with cloth over the neck of the vessel until it reaches the desired dryness and alcohol content, maybe two or three weeks. Cider wants to do this - just let it.

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3 comments:

Dave said...

Wow!

Brendan said...

Yes. Whole Foods sells the same cider every other store around here does, only they leave out the preservative to meet Whole Foods' standards. I've found it starts to turn at about 2 weeks.
Unpasteurized cider, though, is awesome.

Aaron Kagan said...

Ever been to Russel Orchards in Ipswich? They press their own, and I was dazzled at the array of fruit wines they grow and produce there. Red currant, rhubarb, gooseberry...