This complete guide to North America’s oldest beverage celebrates hard cider’s rich history and its modern makers, as well as its deliciously diverse possibilities. Flavor profiles and tasting guidelines highlight 100 selections of cider — including single varietal, dessert, hopped, and barrel-aged — plus perry, cider’s pear-based cousin. A perfect addition to any meal, cider pairings are featured in 30 food recipes, from Brussels sprouts salad to salmon chowder, brined quail, and poached pear frangipane. An additional 30 cocktail recipes include creative combinations such as Maple Basil Ciderita and Pear-fect Rye Fizz.
This book is a research-based text for understanding both the theory and practice of effectively evaluating the sensory properties of cider.
Pucci and Cavallo use a region-by-region approach to illustrate how cider and the apples that make it came to be, from the well-known tale of Johnny Appleseed—which isn’t quite what we thought—to the more surprising effects of ...
CIDERMAKING TIP When preparing for a tasting, it is important to control as many variables of the experience as possible. You are looking for changes in the juice and cider over time, so you want to ensure that the changes you perceive ...
Profiles over two hundred of the world's best hard ciders and discusses how the beverage is made, its different styles, and tasting notes.
Crisp, juicy white flesh; ery sweet and aromatic, but low-acid juice; use sparingly in blends 53. Brisk, subacid white flesh; add to balance sweeter juices 54. Rather dry, acidic red flesh makes a colorful, rose-like hard cider; ...
Whenever possible, I put two or more similar styles of cider one after the other in the order of tasting. For instance, I lumped together two “dark and dry” draft ciders at the end of the evening, which allowed guests to compare them ...
This handbook shows you how simple it is to turn fruit into nature's most refreshing drink. * Make fresh and delicious sweet and hard ciders -- including blended and sparkling ciders * Build your own working apple press * Enhance your ...
"A retired Maine Game Warden writes of his adventures --a collection of true tales, some serious, some humorous, and all heartwarming"--
Ford is a retired Maine game warden, sheriff, and gifted storyteller who carved out a reputation as a man of the law, but one who wasn't a by-the-book enforcer.
In The Cider Revival, Jason Wilson chronicles what is happening now, an extraordinary rebirth that is less than a decade old.