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	title:	Real Cider Making on a Small Scale
	author:	Michael J. Pooley, John Lomax
	format:	Paperback
	publisher:	Special Interest Model Books
	released:	April 29, 1999
	isbn:	1854861956
	isbn-13:	9781854861955

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Customer Reviews
A very useful book - Rated Real cidermaking is an excellent book for a newcomer to cider making. I bought it last year and followed what it said, and this year we are drinking lovely dry sparkling cider from our two apple trees. It was our first time ever trying to make cider, and the results are truly fantastic. It is very much geared to the home cider maker who has tree with a lot of apples and wants to use them. It usefully tells you why you should do something - eg sterilising properly - and what happens when you don't. This type of approach ensures that you don't cut corners because you know the consequences of doing so. By and large the book is clear but I found that because you are making cider from real apples, and not using a kit, it pays to read it several times before trying to make cider. We found that for two trees-worth of apples, it took us a whole day just to press the apples, so it's not something you can do in an afternoon - you need to plan ahead. It also has a useful diagram of how to make a cider press, which I intend to follow this year. I recommend this book whole heartedly, and I would also recommend that anyone attempting to make cider should try to get two presses, and this is the time consuming part. The book mentions pounding up apples in a bucket (much to the annoyance, it seems, of another reviewer), but we were lucky enough to borrow a scratter and this does make pulping the apples much easier. That said, they aren't cheap - around Â£200 or so. I recommend trying to borrow and press and scratter if you are making the first time. But back to the book - it's a great guide. Written by hippies! - Rated Written by hippies for hippies. This book explains how to make cider using the most labour intensive methods possible. The whole emphasis being on developing a community spirit rather than making cider simply. Easier methods are mentioned in passing but dismissed with no good reason. The perfect example being the use of mills for crushing apples, the author would clearly prefer getting sweaty with a big stick or enlisting child labour. No mention whatsoever on the use of the freeze-thaw process which largely eliminates the need for crushing and still makes for great cider. If you want to see photos of hippies in arran jumpers bonding this is the book! If you are not already part of a commune bound together by the virtues of alcohol then this book may have limited appeal. Get brewing... - Rated The book was great, it provides all the details you'd need to make your own cider as a complete beginner. From making your own apple press through to possible problems with brewing and storing, everthing needed to get brewing your own is there. I was drinking my first 11% ABV within 2 months. It's a practical guide obviously written by someone who appreciates the reasons why you'd want to brew your own booze!!! If you want to get into cider brewing this is a very good start.

Customer Reviews

A very useful book - Rated 4/5
Real cidermaking is an excellent book for a newcomer to cider making. I bought it last year and followed what it said, and this year we are drinking lovely dry sparkling cider from our two apple trees. It was our first time ever trying to make cider, and the results are truly fantastic.

It is very much geared to the home cider maker who has tree with a lot of apples and wants to use them.

It usefully tells you why you should do something - eg sterilising properly - and what happens when you don't. This type of approach ensures that you don't cut corners because you know the consequences of doing so.

By and large the book is clear but I found that because you are making cider from real apples, and not using a kit, it pays to read it several times before trying to make cider. We found that for two trees-worth of apples, it took us a whole day just to press the apples, so it's not something you can do in an afternoon - you need to plan ahead.

It also has a useful diagram of how to make a cider press, which I intend to follow this year.

I recommend this book whole heartedly, and I would also recommend that anyone attempting to make cider should try to get two presses, and this is the time consuming part.

The book mentions pounding up apples in a bucket (much to the annoyance, it seems, of another reviewer), but we were lucky enough to borrow a scratter and this does make pulping the apples much easier. That said, they aren't cheap - around Â£200 or so. I recommend trying to borrow and press and scratter if you are making the first time.

But back to the book - it's a great guide.

Written by hippies! - Rated 3/5
Written by hippies for hippies. This book explains how to make cider using the most labour intensive methods possible. The whole emphasis being on developing a community spirit rather than making cider simply. Easier methods are mentioned in passing but dismissed with no good reason. The perfect example being the use of mills for crushing apples, the author would clearly prefer getting sweaty with a big stick or enlisting child labour.

No mention whatsoever on the use of the freeze-thaw process which largely eliminates the need for crushing and still makes for great cider.

If you want to see photos of hippies in arran jumpers bonding this is the book! If you are not already part of a commune bound together by the virtues of alcohol then this book may have limited appeal.

Get brewing... - Rated 5/5
The book was great, it provides all the details you'd need to make your own cider as a complete beginner. From making your own apple press through to possible problems with brewing and storing, everthing needed to get brewing your own is there. I was drinking my first 11% ABV within 2 months.
It's a practical guide obviously written by someone who appreciates the reasons why you'd want to brew your own booze!!!
If you want to get into cider brewing this is a very good start.