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This new practical book on the craft of cidermaking explores traditional and modern approaches including a set of scaled plans for building an inexpensive robust cider press. Also included are instructions for apple pressing, step-by-step brewing and pasteurisation and cider-based food recipes.
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Michael Pooley and John Lomax, cidermakers for more than twenty years, have established teaching courses and demonstrations of the craft at venues throughout the UK. In this comprehensive book on the subject they have combined their experience and expertise to produce a clear, accessible text for both the amateur and the would-be professional cidermaker.
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105 of 105 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A very useful book,
By E. Williams (South Wales, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Real Cider Making on a Small Scale (Paperback)
I wrote the review below four years ago, but nothing's changed other than I still refer to the book and I still make good cider. Well worth buyingReal cidermaking is an excellent book for a newcomer to cider making. I bought it last year and followed what it said, and this year we are drinking lovely dry sparkling cider from our two apple trees. It was our first time ever trying to make cider, and the results are truly fantastic. It is very much geared to the home cider maker who has tree with a lot of apples and wants to use them. It usefully tells you why you should do something - eg sterilising properly - and what happens when you don't. This type of approach ensures that you don't cut corners because you know the consequences of doing so. By and large the book is clear but I found that because you are making cider from real apples, and not using a kit, it pays to read it several times before trying to make cider. We found that for two trees-worth of apples, it took us a whole day just to press the apples, so it's not something you can do in an afternoon - you need to plan ahead. It also has a useful diagram of how to make a cider press, which I intend to follow this year. I recommend this book whole heartedly, and I would also recommend that anyone attempting to make cider should try to get two presses, as this is the time consuming part. 2011 update: two presses is a good investment as this really speeds the process up. The book mentions pounding up apples in a bucket (much to the annoyance, it seems, of another reviewer), but we were lucky enough to borrow a scratter and this does make pulping the apples much easier. That said, scratters aren't cheap - around £200 or so. I recommend trying to borrow and press and scratter if you are making the first time. But back to the book - it's a great guide.
33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The only book you will need to make successful cider at home.,
By Tony Thorpe (Mid Wales) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Real Cider Making on a Small Scale (Paperback)
I have been making approx 20 gallons per year of cider for the last three years,using only windfall cookers, eaters and crabs. I have produced superb cider with virtually no waste. This is entirely thanks to this book.I always keep this book to hand, as a reference, whether pressing, fermenting,racking or bottling. This book is the perfect balance between craft and science. Crushing apples with a timber post in a bucket, is not as suggested elsewhere, a hippy style communal event- but is in fact an entirely practical (and cheap) method of preparing apples for pressing. I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone contemplating making their own cider. In fact I would not recommend starting without it
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love this book,
By SusanB (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Real Cider Making on a Small Scale (Paperback)
We bought this book 18 months ago, but I am such a fan that I thought it worth coming back to Amazon to tell others how useful it is.It is very straightforward and clearly explains exactly what you need to do to achieve the results you are looking for. It has enough background information - on the essentials of the fermentation process for instance - to let you understand why things such as sterilisation are important without overloading you with too much science. I have been surprised by how often I have seen this book in other households. I heartily recommend it.
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