It seems that a lot of our customers had the same thing on their holiday wish lists this year – more apple cider! An impossible request, you might think, as we prepare… [ read more ]
Mead & Cider Info
Fresh Cider – Order Deadline
Make your own hard cider this Fall with freshly pressed apple (or pear) cider from one of five different orchards! Order by the respective deadlines to be sure you get the cider… [ read more ]
How to Make Mead
DIRECTIONS: In a pot combine honey and 1½ gallons of water. Slowly increase heat until the honey dissolves, then raise the temperature of the mixture to 170F. Steep at this temperature for… [ read more ]
Notes on Hard Cider Making
Add the cider to a primary fermenter with plenty of head space (don’t fill more than ¾ full). We recommend that you add ¼ teaspoon of potassium metabisulfite per 5 gallons of… [ read more ]
Apple Cider Fermentation Recommendations from Poverty Lane Orchards
1. Add potassium metabisulfite to adjust free SO2 to approximately 30 ppm. 2. Allow the juice to warm to 60º to 70ºF, then pitch Pasteur Champagne yeast at a rate of 0.3… [ read more ]
Mystical Mead
by Jason Harris Did you ever wonder what the first alcoholic beverage was? Chances are it was mead. Revered by the Vikings and sipped by the ancient Greek gods, mead is an… [ read more ]
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