Apples to Cider ─ How to Make Cider at Home

Apples to Cider: How to Make Sweet and Hard Cider at Home takes you on a sweet journey from the orchard to the glass. Within the pages of this book, you'll learn how to make sweet (i.e., non-alcoholic) and hard ciders, including information on pulping, pressing, fermenting, bottling, and more. Find out which apples and what equipment a beginner will need, the processes for making sweet and hard ciders, how to make variations including pear cider, recipes for using cider, and tasting notes. Don't worry! There are also lots of gorgeous photos. Whether you're an avid home brewer, a beginner, or an orchard grower, you're sure to learn something new and expand your brewing horizons. "King of Cider" Stephen Wood shares recipes and techniques for both sweet and hard ciders, ensuring there's something for everyone. So grab a glass and let's get started.

Stephen M. Wood started Poverty Lane Orchards and Farnum Hill Ciders twenty years ago when he bought the New Hampshire orchard where he had spent summers as a boy. Today, that orchard is the largest plantation of cider apples in the United States. Before coming to cider, Wood collaborated on television documentaries, worked on a hard-rock mining crew in Colorado, and picked up a degree in History from Harvard.