cider

We’re making progress with the pear cider

September 30, 2010
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We have solved our problem of not being able to press the pears for our cider by first passing them through a food processor.

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Trying our hand at pear cider

September 21, 2010
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We’re making pear cider courtesy of a box of free fruit, but it’s proving more difficult than we had expected to extract the first pressing of juice.

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Celebrating summer solstice with the first of our homebrew cider

June 21, 2010
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It’s the summer solstice, so what better way to celebrate than with a good old traditional drink? Time to crack open the homebrew cider.

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A year on the plot: another five highlights

January 4, 2010
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The second half of our review of the year just gone by sees us making our own cider, finally triumphing with yoghurt and reviving a 150-year-old recipe for still lemonade.

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Bottling the cider

September 1, 2009

Cider bottlesWe decided this weekend that after two weeks in the demijohn it was time to bottle the cider. Despite all the effort, it only stretched to six and a half pints.

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Making cider

August 18, 2009

Making ciderWith so many apples starting to ripen we thought we’d try our hands at making cider. Unfortunately the wait between brewing and drinking is a fairly long one…

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