Hi all! I just joined the group and was wondering if anyone had a recipe for pear cider. I have been brewing beer for about 7 years now, but haven't been able ...
I juiced rhubarb that was chopped and frozen last summer, added about two cups of apricot and 8 lbs of honey. Since rhubarb is very tart I hope the honey ...
It is fairly quiet here. Guess the interest in cider isn't very big. As far as the rhubarb goes, I have never seen any reference to its use in cider. All I can...
Rhubarb grows great here, but what do you do with it? Has anyone made cider from rhubarb?<br><br>Is the club still alive? Just joined, but there hasn't been...
I just did a search on e-bay under "apple press" there was an older one for sale, but the price was over $300. May be what you are looking for. Also search...
I am in need of a cider press for use at fall festivals the more rustic and antique looking but fully functional the better. (Kids will be doing the hand...
DAP is a nitrogen source for the yeast. It is probably available from most homebrew/winemaking shops. You could leave this out, substitute yeast nutrient or...
hi I got everthing I need as soon as I get the concord wine in my 6 gal carboy into a 5 gal carboy about a week yet while I am waiting on that could you tell...
Hi<br>I can get all the bulk honey I need for about anything at 1.05 per lb also a choice of wildflower,orchard,clover,tree or vegetable.its like your valley...
Congratulations on living so close to good raw materials. Here in the Central Valley of California, I have local access to honey, and a big apple region is...
Using off the shelf cider would be fine, but with experience and experimentation you will probably be able to make better ciders from fresh juice. Using brand...
Hi mead_master <br>this is my first time on trying this up in the thumb of michigan its apple season and we have a lot of cyder mills here also a lot of guys...
In my response to Hallowed, I pointed out that adding honey was one option for boosting the potential alcohol of your cider. If you end up with more ...
this looks like the page to be up north here I can grt all the fresh cider&honey I like I was wondering how it would turn out if i Brewed up a batch and let it...
Hi James,<br><br>Welcome to the club. You are right about setting the pectins as a result of boiling. I would advise against this action. Avoid adding heat. If...
hello, I have access to about 10 gallons of freshly picked and pressed apple cider. Being a homebrewer, I have other plans....... now do you boil the cider to...
My cider is about half gone, so it's about time to think about starting another batch. I think i'll go with a higher gravity this time by supplimenting the...
now have the Cider Lovers Webring and the Mead Lovers Webring up and running. See the club Links page for the URL to join. If anybody wants to set up their own...
he best part of brewing (besides drinking the finished product) is the thrill of the experiment, the bad batch is nothing compared to having a wonderful one. I...
hose that do natural fermentation of cider generally prefer the final product better than ciders made with wine or beer yeasts. I have yet to try this, but off...
sually I can get sage, star thistle, clover, and alfalfa. No orange blossom, except at the store, but in Idaho we don't have many orange trees. I have never ...
hat type of honey do you have access to. Here in central California I am getting Orange Blossom, Star Thistle, Sage and Wildflower for a little less than ...
got a great deal on honey ($0.55 pr lb), so I have been completely brewing mead and melomels. I just bottled a raspberry melomel that was very sweet, by still ...
t's been quiet here, as well as in the mead club. I haven't put any real effort into promoting it, except for having a link on my website. Check out the links...
am so happy to see a club for Cider. I have been home brewing fruit wines for a few years, and love hard cider. I just finished a nice batch, that my friends...