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Book ReviewsCider, Hard and Sweet: History, Traditions, and Making Your Own |
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Book: Cider, Hard and Sweet: History, Traditions, and Making Your Own
Written by: Ben Watson |
Publisher: Countryman Press
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5
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Good information, but you'll need more for hard cider
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4 / 5
As far as selecting apples, and actually creating cider from them, this book is abount as detailed as it gets. The tables in in that describe US and EU apple types as well as their traits is worth the price alone.
However, if you're looking to make hard (alcoholic) cider the book only takes you half way. Anyone looking to do hard cider should buy a seperate homebrew book that goes into detail about the brew process. Combine it with the information from this book and you'll have some great hard cider.
Awesome book!
Rating:
5 / 5
This is a wonderful, inspiring book like few I have read recently. It opens a huge world that I never imagined existed. Cider isn't just the jugs in the grocery store and the 6-pack in the liquor store, its an important part of human and American history. The author has put a lot of time in researching this book, and is thick with fascinating information such as cider-only apple varieties, cider tasting terms, French vs English cider, etc etc etc.The book does describe cider making, but that is not the main focus of the book. Still, any self-respecting cider maker should have a copy.
Outstanding for the apple grower too
Rating:
5 / 5
Many of the books on cider making skim over the selection of apples, including English bittersweet and bittersharp varieties that are critical for outstanding cider production. Not Watson in this excellent book.Several great lists of varieties and a good description of the cider apple classification methods is represented more clearly than I've found elsewhere. A bit more clarification could have been given to the production process, as well as pressing details, but overall the book has been my favorite on the topic.
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