This one day course will give you the basic skills to make an apple cider & scrumpy or Pear cider (Perry) and then we will taste an apple cider made in 5 days using smkt apple juice.

After a discussion on varieties of cider apples and other details on wine making 

we will then make a batch of fruit wine ( the variety will depend on whats in season)

By Peter Allen- “Pete the Permie”.

Making your own cider at home. Part 2

In the last issue we looked at the proper English and French cider varieties, these are ideal for making single or mixed varietal ciders, but chances are the glut of fruit you have at home are the well known cooking or eating varieties.