This complete guide to North America’s oldest beverage celebrates hard cider’s rich history and its modern makers, as well as its deliciously diverse possibilities. Flavor profiles and tasting guidelines highlight 100 selections of cider — including single varietal, dessert, hopped, and barrel-aged — plus perry, cider’s pear-based cousin. A perfect addition to any meal, cider pairings are featured in 30 food recipes, from Brussels sprouts salad to salmon chowder, brined quail, and poached pear frangipane. An additional 30 cocktail recipes include creative combinations such as Maple Basil Ciderita and Pear-fect Rye Fizz.
Pucci and Cavallo use a region-by-region approach to illustrate how cider and the apples that make it came to be, from the well-known tale of Johnny Appleseed—which isn’t quite what we thought—to the more surprising effects of ...
Profiles over two hundred of the world's best hard ciders and discusses how the beverage is made, its different styles, and tasting notes.
This book is a research-based text for understanding both the theory and practice of effectively evaluating the sensory properties of cider.
CIDERMAKING TIP When preparing for a tasting, it is important to control as many variables of the experience as possible. You are looking for changes in the juice and cider over time, so you want to ensure that the changes you perceive ...
Ford is a retired Maine game warden, sheriff, and gifted storyteller who carved out a reputation as a man of the law, but one who wasn't a by-the-book enforcer.
At the same time, though, he wasn't a cold, heartless, go-by-the-book enforcer; he usually had a good quip ready when he slipped the handcuffs on a violator, and he wasn't above accepting a lesson learned as sufficient penalty for breaking ...
This handbook shows you how simple it is to turn fruit into nature's most refreshing drink. * Make fresh and delicious sweet and hard ciders -- including blended and sparkling ciders * Build your own working apple press * Enhance your ...
Crisp, juicy white flesh; ery sweet and aromatic, but low-acid juice; use sparingly in blends 53. Brisk, subacid white flesh; add to balance sweeter juices 54. Rather dry, acidic red flesh makes a colorful, rose-like hard cider; ...
In Ciderology, Gabe Cook, aka 'The Ciderologist,' leading global cider expert, shares his passion for all things cider (and perry!), with an essential history of the drink and production processes, and a round-the-world tour of the most ...
Whenever possible, I put two or more similar styles of cider one after the other in the order of tasting. For instance, I lumped together two “dark and dry” draft ciders at the end of the evening, which allowed guests to compare them ...