http://www.ukcider.co.uk/blog real cider and perry Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:47:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Craft Cider Making by Andrew Lea [HTML1] Longstanding cider making guru on UKCider Andrew Lea who once worked at Long Ashton Cider Research station has a new book out, called simply "Craft Cider Making". Andrew dispenses valuable cider wisdom to beginners and experts alike on the ukcider mailing list discussion group from ... http://www.ukcider.co.uk/blog/books/craft-cider-making-by-andrew-lea.html New Forest Cider Day 18 10 08 Originally uploaded by Pete Yarlett Rose Grant, Barry Topp and Roy Bailey at the New Forest Cider pressing weekend on 18/10/08 here tasting some bottled conditioned perry by the looks of it. Pete Yarlett has added a set of pictures to the UK ... http://www.ukcider.co.uk/blog/new-forest-cider/new-forest-cider-day-181008.html Cider Vinegar Question A question which came up at an apple day event about cider vinegar. Is there any easy way of measuring the acidity of our own cider vinegar in order to be sure that it can be used for pickling etc.? To which the answer on the forum was: Buy an acid ... http://www.ukcider.co.uk/blog/cider-vinegar/cider-vinegar-making.html We went to the New Forest Cider stall at Borough Market on Saturday morning. It's always good to have a drink of the wonderful dry cider and a chat with Barry if he's there. We picked up a small container of New Forest dry cider to take home and ... http://www.ukcider.co.uk/blog/video/new-forest-cider-stall.html The Great Lakes seem a long way away from the UK at present but the interweb serves to shrink our global cider village so here's the announcement from Gary Awdey about the International Cider and Perry competition. The Great Lakes Cider & Perry Association The Great Lakes Cider & Perry Association is ... http://www.ukcider.co.uk/blog/competition/great-lakes-international-cider-and-perry-competition.html Real Perry with Abel & Cole Organic Boxes Real perry is such a treat but notoriously difficult to find so it's fantastic that you can get perry delivered with organic boxes. That's right, Abel and Cole one of the larger delivery schemes for organic boxes can also supply cases of Dunkertons ... http://www.ukcider.co.uk/blog/organic-boxes/perry-with-organic-boxes.html James Crowden, has written a new book called Ciderland which documents the history of cider making and claims that the credit for inventing Champagne should really go to Christopher Merret, a West Country scientist who outlined his method of making sparkling wine in a paper to the Royal Society in ... http://www.ukcider.co.uk/blog/books/ciderland-book-cidermakersinventedchampagne.html It's that time of year again when thousands of people in the Northern hemisphere are looking at all those apples ripening on the trees soon to fall and starting to think....hmmmm what a shame if they should go to waste again. So hundreds of people every day go onto ... http://www.ukcider.co.uk/blog/homemade-cider/home-made-cider-with-homemade-presses-and-scratters.html The second edition of Ben Watson's Cider Hard and Sweet, is now just out on sale. Ben is a noted US 'slow food' guru. A fully updated and expanded primer for anyone who wants to make cider and for those who just like to drink it. With the rise in ... http://www.ukcider.co.uk/blog/books/cider-hardandsweet.html This is a light cider ( 5.5% ?) with some good somerset cider apple flavour, but a hint of toffee I thought, although the label indicated a pure fresh pressed apple juice product. Found in a farm shop in Fife, Scotland. Share This http://www.ukcider.co.uk/blog/products/the-orchard-pig.html