Product Description

Annie Proulx, the novelist, first wrote this guide to making cider in 1980. It is a comprehensive, illustrated overview of the process and includes recipes for using the finished product in cooking. Proulx and Lew Nichols also discuss apple presses, glass bottles versus wooden barrels and storage.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #116970 in Books
• Published on: 2003-07-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

From the Publisher
Discover the pleasure of making and drinking fresh cider

Clear, simple language, numerous illustrations, and detailed step-by-step instructions, lead you through:

-MAKING fresh and delicious sweet and hard ciders -- including blended and sparkling ciders

-BUILDING your own working apple press

-CHOOSING the right apple cultivar for the flavor you want

-PLANNING and PLANTING your very own home orchard for the freshest batch of cider ever!

Plus, interesting bits of history and lore shed light on cider's colorful past.

Annie Proulx is a novelist living in Wyoming. Lew Nichols is the owner of the Vershire Cidery in Vershire, Vermont

Customer Reviews

Ecclectic
A broad review of everything to do with cider in north America. A lot of facts and detail, but a bit daunting as a guide to someone beginning to make cider. JW