Last weekend I siphoned the cider out of the fermenter into containers to clarify. I tasted some and it was pretty yeasty and beer-y. After it got some air it mellowed out. I think it may need to age a while. We shall see.

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Fall is upon us (actually it's almost gone). One of the best things about fall is apple cider. The only way to make cider better is to make it alcoholic. The easy way is to have warm cider with a but of whiskey, but we are talking about hard cider here. And now we have two different hard cider related bits:

1. The Corner Brewery is going to finally have hard cider.

2. We are going to give making hard cider a try. I saw this article and thought that it looks easy. The plan is to do a batch of 3 gallons. We are going to pick up the cider and the couple brewing items we need this weekend, so in a few months we should have some ready for consumption.

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Who doesn't love drinking bubbly? Be it actual Champagne, Prosecco, or any of the sparklers and naturally effervescent wines out there people love popping open a bottle in celebration. I think it should be drank more often. There are a few problems though: cost, preservation, and education.



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