Tag Archives: cider

Reality dawns!

The big 6000 litre tank is nearly in position behind the ciderhouse. Chris and Ness who live a few doors away have a fencing business. They kindly offered to take the tank from the garden and transport it to the … Continue reading

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High excitement and a bit of bother

Towards the end of last November I spent a sunny day on my knees in Venetia’s orchard picking up the last fallers from amongst her various cider apple trees. I had previously collected the Yarlingtons, but now the Dabinetts had … Continue reading

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Cider Festivals

In my Powerstock report I noted, what I have come to see, as an increasing trend for dedicated cider festivals. Powerstock is of course a prime example. I have always thought that cider as a beverage has more than enough … Continue reading

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[ukcider] Powerstock Cider Festival

Our annual ‘not to be missed’ event in Dorset was the best yet, in my opinion. The sun was shining and I felt on top of the world, driving once again over glorious Eggardon hill, then down and down the … Continue reading

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The big tank

Last year I decided to take my two ex winery aluminium ‘Sputnik’ tanks to the scrapyard. They were taking up too much room in the ciderhouse. I was also not convinced that their internal enamel coating would continue to survive … Continue reading

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Re: [ukcider] Re: Blending keeved cider

I’ve been mulling over the pearls of wisdom from David and Gary with regard to the errors in SG measurement due to temperature variation and the phenomenom of stratification. When making dry cider these effects are of no great concern. … Continue reading

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Re: [ukcider] Re: Blending keeved cider

Tom, Many thanks for the benefit of your experience. Your results when blending at this time of the year have confirmed my fears . I also think that your phrase ‘moving too rapidly below 1.020 describes what is happening with … Continue reading

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Re: The Europump again!

Nigel, My Europump is yellow, though I’m not surprised by yours being blue as the new ones in the catalogue are red. The Italians are either just fond of colour, or perhaps the colours could relate to a number of … Continue reading

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Blending keeved cider

The other day Barry and I were talking about blending keeved ciders. He told me that by so doing, he had achieved a pleasing blend that has settled out at around 1010. I’ve since been wondering if anyone else who … Continue reading

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Cider by Rosie Blog

Hello World. This Cider by Rosie Blog continues  the story of The Cider Making Year by Rose Grant as documented for the past 5 years on the ukcider wiki. It’s just an experiment for now, what do you think?

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