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cidermaking for beginners
Ever wanted to make your own cider at home without any expensive equipment?
In an afternoon our founder and expert cider maker, Barrie, will teach you everything you need to know. You'll craft your own gallon of Cider to take home and ferment, with everything provided.
INTRODUCTION
This class begins at 1pm. We start with an introduction to Fowey Valley accompanied by a short talk.
THE THEORY OF CIDER MAKING
How do cidermakers classify the hundreds of different apples used? You’ll learn about the different types and which ones to use when making your own cider. We’ll give you a short history of cider, find out where apples come from and how the technology developed. Don’t know where to start with your equipment? There’s juicing presses, scratters, sieves, tanks, airlocks and much more to investigate. We'll show you how to make cider in your kitchen using cheap whole fruit juicers.
TASTING
There are so many different kinds of ciders, including scrumpy, very scrumpy, eastern counties, dry, medium, sweet, carbonated, champagne and keeved. We’ll run down all of these, and you’ll get to try them too! If you're driving we have a spittoon for those that choose not to swallow. We’ll talk about the kinds of cider you'd like to make yourself and give you an explanation of the different methods used to make these ciders.
PRACTICAL CIDERMAKING
If you have your own trees, we can tell you about pruning, picking, and sugar levels. Sanitation is incredibly important when you’re making cider - we’ll show you why and tell you how you can improve the quality of your cider. Then it's your time to get really stuck in as you'll be juicing and straining using our whole fruit juicers. Barrie, our head cidermaker, will also show you how to measure your starch, sugar, tannin, acid, PH, and yeast.
In an afternoon our founder and expert cider maker, Barrie, will teach you everything you need to know. You'll craft your own gallon of Cider to take home and ferment, with everything provided.
INTRODUCTION
This class begins at 1pm. We start with an introduction to Fowey Valley accompanied by a short talk.
THE THEORY OF CIDER MAKING
How do cidermakers classify the hundreds of different apples used? You’ll learn about the different types and which ones to use when making your own cider. We’ll give you a short history of cider, find out where apples come from and how the technology developed. Don’t know where to start with your equipment? There’s juicing presses, scratters, sieves, tanks, airlocks and much more to investigate. We'll show you how to make cider in your kitchen using cheap whole fruit juicers.
TASTING
There are so many different kinds of ciders, including scrumpy, very scrumpy, eastern counties, dry, medium, sweet, carbonated, champagne and keeved. We’ll run down all of these, and you’ll get to try them too! If you're driving we have a spittoon for those that choose not to swallow. We’ll talk about the kinds of cider you'd like to make yourself and give you an explanation of the different methods used to make these ciders.
PRACTICAL CIDERMAKING
If you have your own trees, we can tell you about pruning, picking, and sugar levels. Sanitation is incredibly important when you’re making cider - we’ll show you why and tell you how you can improve the quality of your cider. Then it's your time to get really stuck in as you'll be juicing and straining using our whole fruit juicers. Barrie, our head cidermaker, will also show you how to measure your starch, sugar, tannin, acid, PH, and yeast.
once or twice a month in summer
£80 takes 3 to 4 hours
£80 takes 3 to 4 hours
Unit 11, Restormel Industrial Estate, Liddicoat Ro, Liddicoat Road
Liddicoat Road, Cornwall PL22 0HG
Fri 24 Jun 2022
Website:
www.foweyvalleycider.co.uk
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