Almost Off Grid Cider Making Journal

Do you want to master the art and craft of making traditional Cider from your garden apples?

This Cider Making Journal contains all the information you need to start making homemade cider.

Cider is a drink traditionally made from apple juice, yeast and not much else. If you want make your own alcoholic cider at home, this elegant cider journal will tell you how to do that, even if you are a complete beginner who is new to homebrewing. It also has plenty of space to record your own notes.

The Cider Making Journal includes:

• the key principles of fermentation, and how they apply to making cider
• the basic equipment needed to get started, some of which you will have in your kitchen
• tips for sourcing your apples and/or apple juice, including using garden apples
• how to extract juice from your apples, even without a fruit press
• how to use a hydrometer if you wish to do so, and why
• terms used in cider making and what they mean
• additives you'll find in cider recipes, their purpose, and whether you always need to use them
• an overview of using commercial yeast in your cider versus using the yeasts which occur naturally in apples and on apple skin
• all about sterilisation in cidermaking, how easy it is, and why it is important
• clearing your cider or leaving it cloudy 'scrumpy' style
• tried and tested recipes for still cider, sparkling cider, 'wild' fermented cider using the natural yeasts in the apples, fruit cider, elderflower cider, hopped cider plus a slider recipe. Slider is cider mixed with gin-soaked sloe berries from making sloe gin, so a sloe gin recipe is included too
• knowing when fermentation has started, when it has finished, and when your cider is ready to drink
• how to turn some of your fermented cider into a batch of cider vinegar
• frequently asked questions about making cider at home
• cider making hints, tips, and more.

The recipes are followed by almost 100 lined journal pages allowing you to keep all your cider recipes in one place, log your progress and record your making and tasting notes.

This is the fourth in a collection of Homebrewing Journals. Beautifully designed, they contain basic information in the front to get started, room in the margins for notes, and lined pages so you can add your own information and clippings as you build your knowledge. They allow you to create the perfect reference series just for you, covering a range of subjects related to traditional crafts and sustainable living.

You may already have books on all sorts of subjects, yet many of them are sitting on the shelf largely unused. Bev's collection of journals covers a range of subjects related to traditional brewing, crafts and sustainable living, enabling you to create your own reference library for ongoing use. Previously published books include mead, hedgerow wine and country wine making.

This journal measures 17.0 x 24.3cm and has 150 pages in total, with book industry perfect binding and a glossy cover designed to easily wipe clean. It is printed on high quality white paper which minimises ink bleed-through and is suitable for pen or pencil.

It is ideal for any aspiring homebrewer looking to brew their own cider.