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Hard Cider Sunday
Saturday, Beardsley’s Cider Mill in Shelton, CT made more cider than it ever has in a single day. Sunday, I was there to get some of the cider. Here’s the story.A couple of years ago, after we had been...
View ArticleHard Cider Day
This morning we bottled our latest batch of hard cider. We now have a good supply stored away for the coming year. There is another batch brewing and we may get to more or two more batches this...
View ArticleHoliday Cider
Today, Fiona and I took another drive over to Beardsley’s Cider Mill. Along the way, we counted Christmas Trees on top of the cars. The total we ended up with on the trip was 229. That was partly...
View ArticleCider Nouveau
Saturday, September 9th, I started the first batch of cider for the 2011 season. It was the first day that Beardsley’s Cider Mill was open and I went over and filled up my five gallon jug. The mix of...
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Wordless Wednesday
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View ArticleThe Experimental Memoir Day 6, Hard Cider Day
When I was a kid we would often get fresh cider from local orchards. In a family of six, the cider normally went quite quickly. However, there were some times when it would get a chance to sit around a...
View Article2011 Black Current Hard Cider
I’ve just bottle 36 bottles of ‘1D’, my fourth batch of hard cider for the 2011 hard cider season. Assuming I didn’t mix up my batches, this is using the heirloom cider that I picked up at Beardsley’s...
View Article2011 Hard Cider Recap
For the past several years, I’ve been brewing and bottling hard cider. You can read the Cider section of this blog for details. This evening, Kim and I bottled the final batch. So, I thought it would...
View ArticleBeach Plum Jelly
Well, we did it. Our first batch of Beach Plum Jelly. Each morning, during our vacation on Cape Cod, I would walk to the beach. On my way there and back, I would pass beach plum bushes. Initially, most...
View ArticleThe Four Dollar Fermenter
Last night, I stopped at a local bar where I’ve been chatting with the own about brewing and he gave me two empty Petainerkegs. These are five gallon one-way disposable kegs with a sanke coupler, which...
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