All About Apples (juice-Cider)
All about cider-making and the weird and wonderful varieties of apple used to make it. Learn the techniques of storing and juicing cider apples and you’ll be making your own in no time.
Spend the day getting an overview of the cider making and apple juicing process.
You will cover the following topics:
- A short history of cider.
- Varieties of apple useful for juicing – with examples available.
- The constituents of apple juice and their effects on palatability, flavour and keeping quality – the importance of acid in cider.
- Making additions to prevent oxidation and colour changes
- How to store and weather apples for juicing
- Methods of crushing\ macerating fruit and the effect on yield,
- The use of pectinase enzymes, storage of apple juice, cider apple varieties potential sources of heritage apple trees
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