174: Beginner Cider Making Q & A | Part 1 - a podcast by Ria Windcaller: Award winning Cidermaker | Craft Libations Columnist | Podc

from 2019-04-03T07:00

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A Question and Answer (Q & A) on Beginner Cider Making

with 5 panelists in the cider industry

Beginner Cider Maker Panel Q & A (ltor), Marcus Robert, Trey Godfrey, Eleanor Leger, Brent Myles, Ben Calvi.[/caption]

Pre-recorded at CiderCon2019 in Chicago

This is Part 1 or a 2 Part series on Beginner Cider Making questions answered by cider industry pros.

Audience Questions at CiderCon2019

Q & A topics:

  • What is cider?

“Fermented fruit juice of apples” says Eleanor Leger

  • Wish I knew then what I know now...
    • Marketing

“You are going to learn to make cider, but to be able to sell it…” Marcus Robert

  • Breweries getting into cider
  • Managing residual sugar in the bottle for packaging.
    • - a huge range of answers on this topic
  • Can you use sulfites?
  • The challenge for small cidermakers
  • The down fall of Potassium Sorbate in the natural market
  • Contract Fermenting to test product
  • Ice Cider - “if I use a freezer am I cheating?”
    • Stabilizing an ice cider
    • Yeast strain for ice ciders
  • Cryo concentration
    • Is using a freezer considered cheating 
      • In the US you can not label it as Ice Cider - it can be called "Iced Cider".

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